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Alfred Hickling
Alfred Hickling writes about theatre for the Guardian
October 2020
The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman review – cosy crime caper
In the Pointless creator’s bestselling debut, amateur sleuths in an upmarket retirement village investigate a murder a bit too close to home
Published:
3 Oct 2020
The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman review – cosy crime caper
July 2020
Small Pleasures by Clare Chambers review – a suburban mystery
There is compassion and quiet humour to be found in this tale of a putative virgin birth in postwar Britain
Published:
1 Jul 2020
Small Pleasures by Clare Chambers review – a suburban mystery
May 2020
The Motion of the Body Through Space by Lionel Shriver review – the cult of fitness
Shriver’s contentious views on diversity thread through the story of a couple’s strained relationship with exercise
Published:
8 May 2020
The Motion of the Body Through Space by Lionel Shriver review – the cult of fitness
March 2020
Greenwood by Michael Christie review – an arresting eco-parable
Ecological catastophe has led to the destruction of trees … a bleak vision of the future with Steinbeckian cadences
Published:
18 Mar 2020
Greenwood by Michael Christie review – an arresting eco-parable
January 2020
Correspondents by Tim Murphy review – from the Middle East to the US, and back
A young war reporter’s view of Baghdad is at the heart of this sweeping multi-generational saga
Published:
24 Jan 2020
Correspondents by Tim Murphy review – from the Middle East to the US, and back
October 2019
Royals by Emma Forrest review – love, trauma and teen dreams
Wild ambition and 1980s hedonism in a tale of two damaged teenagers obsessed with Princess Diana
Published:
24 Oct 2019
Royals by Emma Forrest review – love, trauma and teen dreams
September 2019
Book of the day
The Confession by Jessie Burton review – an understated triumph
The secret history of a reclusive novelist is revealed in a study of motherhood and creativity by the author of The Miniaturist
Published:
21 Sep 2019
The Confession by Jessie Burton review – an understated triumph
July 2019
Sweet Sorrow by David Nicholls review – teenage kicks
Bored 16-year-old Charlie becomes a reluctant Shakespearean actor in this funny, affectionate exploration of first love from the writer of One Day
Published:
12 Jul 2019
Sweet Sorrow by David Nicholls review – teenage kicks
June 2019
This Green and Pleasant Land by Ayisha Malik review – a modern comedy of manners
What happens when a Muslim man is tasked with establishing a mosque in his sleepy English village?
Published:
12 Jun 2019
This Green and Pleasant Land by Ayisha Malik review – a modern comedy of manners
May 2019
Plume by Will Wiles review – where satire meets surrealism
A mysterious column of smoke fills the London sky, in this stylish and funny tale about a journalist on the rocks
Published:
25 May 2019
Plume by Will Wiles review – where satire meets surrealism
April 2019
Book of the day
You Will Be Safe Here by Damian Barr review – a poignant debut novel
Twin narratives of internment during the second Boer war and a 21st–century training camp, from the author of the memoir Maggie and Me
Published:
6 Apr 2019
You Will Be Safe Here by Damian Barr review – a poignant debut novel
March 2019
In the Full Light of the Sun by Clare Clark review – art and scandal
Masterpieces one moment, worthless the next – a hoard of ‘Van Goghs’ are at the centre of an irresistible story set in 1920s Berlin
Published:
6 Mar 2019
In the Full Light of the Sun by Clare Clark review – art and scandal
January 2019
When All Is Said by Anne Griffin review – a confident, compassionate debut
Five monologues from an elderly man at a bar looking back on his life are linked by the presence of a stolen coin
Published:
16 Jan 2019
When All Is Said by Anne Griffin review – a confident, compassionate debut
December 2018
Berwick Kaler: my 40 years as a panto dame – and Gary Oldman's cat catastrophe
Published:
21 Dec 2018
Berwick Kaler: my 40 years as a panto dame – and Gary Oldman's cat catastrophe
4 out of 5 stars.
Silent Night review – first world war opera is an overwhelming emotive experience
4 out of 5 stars.
Published:
4 Dec 2018
Silent Night review – first world war opera is an overwhelming emotive experience
October 2018
Varina by Charles Frazier review – clear-sighted view of a divided America
The Cold Mountain author has returned to the civil war for this novel of flight and separation
Published:
31 Oct 2018
Varina by Charles Frazier review – clear-sighted view of a divided America
Book of the day
Bridge of Clay by Markus Zusak review – Death steals the show again
Five boys alone in a house seek redemption through construction in the long-awaited follow-up to The Book Thief
Published:
11 Oct 2018
Bridge of Clay by Markus Zusak review – Death steals the show again
August 2018
Take Nothing With You by Patrick Gale review – a young cellist’s coming of age
An evocative exploration of the joy and pain playing an instrument can bring that echoes the author’s musical youth
Published:
25 Aug 2018
Take Nothing With You by Patrick Gale review – a young cellist’s coming of age
July 2018
Book of the day
Hold by Michael Donkor review – a debut with quiet dignity
Shuttling between Ghana and south London, this is a tenderly observed study of friendship, family and coming of age
Published:
20 Jul 2018
Hold by Michael Donkor review – a debut with quiet dignity
June 2018
The Paper Lovers by Gerard Woodward review – lust and faith in suburbia
A man finds religion after embarking on an adulterous affair in this closely observed allegory of obsession and redemption
Published:
13 Jun 2018
The Paper Lovers by Gerard Woodward review – lust and faith in suburbia
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Correspondents by Tim Murphy review – from the Middle East to the US, and back