July 10, 2014 The Conquest of Plassans by Émile Zola Translated by Helen Constantine Reviewed by Harriet Devine In issue 1 of SNB, I reviewed Zola’s Money, and Victoria wrote a fascinating article about his “racy,…
July 10, 2014 The Valley by Richard Benson Reviewed by Victoria Best The best kind of non-fiction, I think, shows us how supposedly ‘average’ ordinary lives are really quite extraordinary. In the…
July 10, 2014 Charlotte Mew and Her Friends by Penelope Fitzgerald Reviewed by Simon Thomas I’m going to be honest, when I picked up a biography a little-known turn-of-the-century poet, I wasn’t expecting it to be…
July 10, 2014 Don’t Point That Thing At Me by Kyril Bonfiglioli Reviewed by Annabel Gaskell Don’t Point That Thing At Me was originally published in 1972, and is the first in a trilogy of novels featuring…
July 8, 2014 The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt Review by Harriet Have you ever had the experience of finishing a book and feeling as if you will never find another one that…
July 3, 2014 A Short Interview with Bethan Roberts Interview by Annabel Shiny’s Fiction Editor Annabel catches up with Bethan Roberts, author of Mother Island reviewed here. Annabel: Baby-snatching, child abduction, particularly when a child…
July 3, 2014 Mother Island by Bethan Roberts Reviewed by Annabel Gaskell Bethan Roberts’s fourth novel takes on one of the primal fears of all parents – that of someone abducting your…
July 3, 2014 The Signature of All Things by Elizabeth Gilbert Reviewed by Harriet Devine She was her father’s daughter. It was said of her from the beginning. For one thing, Alma Whittaker looked precisely…
