Novel
Watch: Prospect Book Club—Sameer Rahim on “Asghar and Zahra”
This month your usual host turns guest to discuss the themes in his debut novel
Simenon: the writer who put judgment on trial
The Maigret series upends the conventions of the detective novel
From stem to Sterne: how a Yorkshire parson reinvented the novel
250 years since Laurence Sterne's death, Tristam Shandy is as puzzling and entertaining as ever—and not only for its rude jokes
A haunted imagining of the life of Ryunosuke Akutagawa
David Peace’s 10th novel provides a fragmented glimpse into the world of one of Japan's greatest writers
“It’s the ultra-American narrative”: Jennifer Egan on Trump, sexism and America
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author talks about her new novel, "Manhattan Beach" and what it tells us about the United States today
A new novel explores the awkwardness that comes with ageing
Francesca Segal’s second novel is exuberant and entertaining
Will Self’s novel “Phone” is a charming, slapstick techno-thriller
And with it, Self guns for literary immortality
Arundhati Roy’s triumphant return to fiction
Her first novel since The God of Small Things is both mischievous and outraged
Javier Marias’s game of mirrors in Madrid
The playful fiction of Javier Marias is brilliantly funny
Andrew O’Hagan’s The Illuminations captures the beauty and harshness of modern life
This perceptive novel moves between Scotland and Afghanistan
