Richard Osman’s latest murder-mystery takes on old age with comic skill
The fourth instalment of the Thursday Murder Club series is a mixture of action and comedy – with an unexpected comic kick
The fourth instalment of the Thursday Murder Club series is a mixture of action and comedy – with an unexpected comic kick
WH Auden, Anthony Burgess... Parky’s first interviews were a run of great thinkers. Today’s flimsy chat shows should take heed
The Booker-winning novelist on her problem with sincerity – and why only bad writers need to fear sensitivity readers
The author on the latest in his epic novel series, shocking the Booker jury – and the new puritanism in literature
Central Park West, the ex-FBI director's debut thriller, has an eye for real-world detail, but its structure and style are dreadful
The author of The No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency's fiction is unfashionably kind and forgiving. So what does he make of today’s mob justice?
The UK's ‘weak Left-liberalism' and his ‘crucifixion’ in the press caused Amis to live abroad. Yet he remained English to his core
Amis exulted in being the bad boy of British fiction, but few writers could make a sentence sing so well, or tune such jet-black aphorisms
As yet another protestor damages this statue of naked child sculpted by a paedophile, can the Corporation justify keeping it?
The historical novelist on growing up in a strict evangelical sect, the censoring of PG Wodehouse – and hanging out with Sean Bean
June’s highlights include Holly Watt’s The End of the Game, Jake Lamar’s Viper’s Dream, and the latest from the high priest of cosy crime
The rule of law, the joys of smoking and a Nazi grandfather – Ferdinand von Schirach’s Coffee and Cigarettes is marvellously unpredictable
Jonathan Eig’s biography uses newly-opened FBI files and family material to show why MLK Jr was a true radical – and a failure
In On His Majesty’s Secret Service, Charlie Higson’s very modern 007 bridles at English nationalism and falls for an unusual-looking girl
Penguin’s 1960s thriller covers revolutionised book design – and now they’re back. Why are they still so loved?
As Granta publishes its list of the best UK novelists under 40, four nominees (and two veterans) explain their feelings about it all