The rise of time machine fiction
Novels that tell multiple stories across different historical periods have become a staple of contemporary literature
Tag: Novel
Book review: Outlaws by Javier Carcas
The spanish novelist has spent his career upending the liberal pieties of the post-Franco generation
Book Review: Updike by Adam Begley
John Updike has become unfashionable, but few writers have better captured the American character
Hawkins
A short story by William Lychack
Lost in the desert?
What connects an ageing rock star, hippies, statistical analysis and plenty of woozy mysticism in the Californian desert? Fatema Ahmed puzzles out Hari Kunzru’s latest novel
The death and life of Saddam’s soldier
Wendell Steavenson's new book is remarkable for the way it grapples with the problem of evil: by letting its victims and perpetrators tell their own stories
Why Tarantino matters
Christopher Tookey compares Tarantino's films with Evelyn Waugh's novels