But with Elizabeth Strout, who describes universal human foibles almost better than anyone, it’s absolutely a trip worth taking. Is it too soon to revisit lockdown? Are we ready, emotionally speaking, to open that door? If it was any other author the answer would perhaps be a firm no. Photograph: Erik Tanner/The New York Times He demystifies the art world in refreshing plain speak and his latest book, focusing on the two decades since 9/11, promises to be another must-listen. With honorary doctorates and awards up the wazoo, and referred to by Sotheby’s Institute of Art as “ the art critic”, he’s the open line of communication between the elite and the rest of us plebs. Senior art critic and columnist for New York magazine, Jerry Saltz is as influential as they come. Listen here.Īrt Is Life: Icons & Iconoclasts, Visionaries & Vigilantes, & Flashes of Hope in the Night, by Jerry Saltz. However, this promises to be an altogether more sombre affair a “heart-wrenching novel about the unbreakable love between a mother and child in a society consumed by fear”. The author of Little Fires Everywhere is set to get wine-fuelled kitchen table get-togethers animated all over again. Available October 4thīook clubs at the ready - the new Celeste Ng book is almost here. Light a few candles, pour yourself a nice drink a spend two hours in the company of a small, but perfectly formed book. Claire Keegan’s new Booker-shortlisted novel affords such a pleasure. With no distractions, no interruptions, you devote your entire attention and get to experience a story as completely as possible. There’s something incredibly satisfying about finishing a book in one sitting. Faber & FaberĬlaire Keegan's new book, Small Things Like These, is shortlisted for Booker Prize 2022. It’s an accomplished thriller with some standout set pieces, and a narrator so ridiculously gravelly and dramatic, it has to be heard to be believed. But Michael Mann clearly felt the story wasn’t finished, so he has written a sprawling follow-up which works as both sequel and prequel. Heat is one of the greatest crime films ever made, and because it ended so definitively, nobody ever thought a sequel was possible. Her new book, based on those articles, will take on everything from the Cameron, May and Johnson eras and the lunacy of the Trump reign to tech billionaires and reality TV.

Marina Hyde seems to subscribe to this school of thought, and her Guardian articles over the past couple of years have been welcome high points among wider political low points.

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