Where will the vogue for censoring our best-loved authors lead?
It seems that the ‘revised’ titles are likely to become the norm
Books
Sunday
Saturday
Martin Amis’s death is the end of a great British comic tradition
The novelist leaves a distinctive and distinguished legacy
Tuesday
Judy Blume steps on the J.K. Rowling landmine
It went badly, as might be imagined
Monday
Donald Trump to publish 1995 letter from King Charles
The new King wrote to the Donald in 1995 to thank him for offering honorary Mar-a-Lago membership
Thursday
Who was the real Martin Luther King, Jr.?
King: A Life is the first comprehensive biography of the black civil rights hero to appear in more than thirty years
What makes a novel funny?
In search of the great American comic novel
Curtis Sittenfeld is the great American observer
In Romantic Comedy , we get her insight into a new phenomenon — celebrity of the modern age
Madness and cannibalism with David Grann
The author guides us through a military operation gone horribly awry
Ernest Hilbert weathers the storms of life and fatherhood
Storm Swimmer is a collection both haunted and nurtured by waters
Forbidden love in the Great War
If Alice Winn’s material is familiar, she handles it with skill and panache
Tuesday
The Windsors at War tells the rest of Edward VIII’s story
The lively, engrossing tale chronicles the royals through World War Two
Sunday
Shipwrecks, amputations and polar-bear attacks: the doomed voyage of the Karluk
Rudyard Kipling would have appreciated this book
Andrey Kurkov brings clarity to the Ukraine invasion
The highest compliment that can be paid to Kurkov’s diary is that it is not a work of art
Friday
The quiet rise of Outback Noir
A new subgenre of Australian detective fiction is gaining global acclaim
Monday
Prince Andrew wants an American-penned memoir, too
He hopes to follow in his nephew Harry’s footsteps
Sunday
DeSantis’s book reveals a serious guy — and a private one
The book is scant on personal details, but its success bodes well for his 2024 aspirations
Wednesday
How America influenced George Orwell
The legendary British author’s attitude to the US is curiously double-edged
Saturday
There’s more to Pamela Anderson than Playboy and sex tapes
Unfortunately, most of Love, Pamela fails in its quest for victimhood and intellectualism
Friday
Do James Bond’s would-be censors have a point?
Ian Fleming’s estate, though ultimately wrong, has tackled the issue with circumspection
Monday
The difficulties of writing historical fiction
Historians ask ‘What?’ Novelists ask ‘What if?’
