The GuardianAudrey Magee: ‘Reading The Bell Jar at 17 was immersive, thrilling and exhausting’verified_publisherThe Guardian - Guardian staff reporterThe Irish novelist on the thrill of Marguerite Duras, the rawness of Janet Frame, and not reading Things Fall Apart until her 40s
The GuardianTop 10 books about being poor in Americaverified_publisherThe Guardian - Monica PottsFrom John Steinbeck to Tommy Orange, it’s an old story that keeps on going, in one of the wealthiest countries on Earth. These books help explain why
The GuardianIn Search of Gielgud: A Biographer's Tale by Jonathan Croall – reviewverified_publisherThe Guardian - Simon CallowObstructions, threats and revenge – Simon Callow on the farcical race to publish the definitive life of Gielgud
The GuardianThe Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece review – crying out for an editorverified_publisherThe Guardian - Xan BrooksTom Hanks’s underwhelming account of a Hollywood film production is a bland busman’s holiday
The GuardianShy by Max Porter review – lyrical study of troubled youthverified_publisherThe Guardian - Guardian staff reporterThe author’s fourth book is a loving portrait of a teenage boy at a young offenders’ institution
The GuardianSmall Worlds by Caleb Azumah Nelson review – dancing in Peckhamverified_publisherThe Guardian - Colin GrantA teenage love story develops into an affecting meditation on the migrant experience in the follow-up to Open Water