This One Sky Day by Leone Ross is published by Faber (April 2021). In his review, Michael Donkor (The Guardian) writes, “This eccentric, capacious novel takes the reader on a surreal ride around a fictional archipelago.” [See previous post This One Sky Day review.] Description: Set in a fictional archipelago called Popisho, where goats are…
Michael Donkor (The Guardian) reviews This One Sky Day (Faber 2021) by Leone Ross. He writes, “This eccentric, capacious novel takes the reader on a surreal ride around a fictional archipelago.” Here are excerpts: Although the fictional archipelago of Popisho in Leone Ross’s third novel is imbued with a Caribbean sensibility, it is an entirely original…
11 New Books We Recommend This Week
May 20, 2021Updated 6:07 p.m. ET
“Ideas mattered,” Louis Menand writes in his new book, explaining the rise of American culture in the years after World War II. They still do, which is why big ideas underpin a lot of this week’s recommended titles, from astrophysics and the nature of scientific celebrity (in Charles Seife’s “Hawking Hawking”) to the pandemic and historical reactions to catastrophe (in Niall Ferguson’s “Doom”). There’s a look at the causes and consequences of misogynist violence (in Jacqueline Rose’s “On Violence and On Violence Against Women”) and a couple of takes on artistic success (in Jean Hanff Korelitz’s novel “The Plot,” and in Menand’s own book, “The Free World”).
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Fiction
1. The Therapist by BA Paris is published in hardback by HQ, priced £12.99 (ebook £7.99). Available now
When Alice and Leo move into an exclusive gated community called The Circle, the house initially seems perfect. But as Alice gets to know her neighbours, she discovers a gruesome secret about the house’s past and becomes obsessed with trying to piece together what really happened two years ago. This dark family drama will have readers racing through the pages, and is the kind of book you devour in one sitting. There is a palpable sense of tension that builds to a devastating conclusion. A truly emotive read about a house that holds a shocking secret, and those who will go to extreme lengths to keep it hidden.