Six of the best: this summer s recommended reads
Credit: Gael Armstrong (IllustrationX)
Whether you re heading to the beach, or planning a staycation, our critics have your reading needs covered. Along with reviews of new novels by Kazuo Ishiguro, James Ellroy and Rachel Cusk, we ve rounded up the best books on politics, moving memoirs and fascinating guides to modern science. From a tale of an artificial friend to an amorous bear, Captain Tom s tips to Napoleon s gardens, this is your guide to the best summer reading.
For at least 15% off any of these books, call 0844 871 1514 or visit the
Six of the best: this summer s recommended reads
Credit: Gael Armstrong (IllustrationX)
Whether you re heading to the beach, or planning a staycation, our critics have your reading needs covered. Along with reviews of new novels by Kazuo Ishiguro, James Ellroy and Rachel Cusk, we ve rounded up the best books on politics, moving memoirs and fascinating guides to modern science. From a tale of an artificial friend to an amorous bear, Captain Tom s tips to Napoleon s gardens, this is your guide to the best summer reading.
For at least 15% off any of these books, call 0844 871 1514 or visit the
Judith Mackrell Picador £20
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Until the 1930s, female journalists were expected to know their place, which was mainly on the fashion or problem pages of the newspapers that employed them. But as the international situation darkened and war became imminent, a handful of remarkable women decided that they could not continue to sit in the office writing about hem lengths while the world went up in flames.
In this hugely entertaining and informative book, Judith Mackrell tells the stories of six intrepid women who demanded the right to risk their lives reporting from the front line.
Two of Mackrell’s subjects have been written about many times before. There is Martha Gellhorn, the hard-drinking, fast-talking American who was married to Ernest Hemingway and reporting on the war for Collier’s magazine.
January 26, 2021Reviews
Missing from the Village: The Story of Serial Killer Bruce McArthur, the Search for Justice, and the System That Failed Toronto’s Queer Community
by Justin Ling
McClelland & Stewart, 304 pages
Just what are the police for? With recent calls for their defunding (whatever that may mean) it’s a question that’s become a political football. And by the evidence of these two new Canadian true crime books, it’s one worth deeper consideration.
The Toronto police took a lot of fire for their handling of the serial killings that took place in the city’s gay village from 2010 to 2017, which ended in Bruce McArthur pleading guilty to the first-degree murder of eight men. Even before McArthur’s apprehension, however, the police had been hit with allegations of racism and victim-blaming during their investigation, poor communication with the LGBTQ community, and running a generally slack operation.