A collection of folk tales from Zimbabwe and Botswana, recounted by Alexander McCall Smith, the author of The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency.
Set during a cholera outbreak in Egypt, Andrée Chedid’s poetic novel has a timely resonance argues Rita Balla.
A collection of folk tales from Zimbabwe and Botswana, recounted by Alexander McCall Smith, the author of The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency.
A spirited and well-researched defense of pornography focussing on legal constraints that curtail the ‘industry’.
The late Giovanni Arrighi, a Professor of Sociology at Johns Hopkins University, compares western capitalism and the ‘industrious revolution’ of China – providing a useful insight into the history of world’s most populated country in the process.
Novel by cult American writer Stephen McCauley. It got the Hollywood treatment, being made into a film with Jennifer Aniston, but don’t let that put you off!
A historical novel culminating in the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD, from Robert Harris, author of bestselling titles such as Enigma and Fatherland.
Crime caper from Danny King, author of The Burglar Diaries.
Régis Debray’s purpose in this major new book is to trace the episodes of the genesis of God, His itinerary and the costs of His survival.
Michael Klimes reviews Noel Annan’s classic depiction of post-war Britain, Our Age, a book sadly now out-of-print but well worth tracking down if you’re interested in the end of empire, the rise of Thatcherism, and the evolution of New Labour.
Alexandra Fuller’s second book tells the story of a trip taken with one of the violent survivors of Rhodesia’s White Army.