Two cracking literary historical novels, both published on June 16th. Here's my review of Sarah Perry's The Essex Serpent and Natasha Walter's A Quiet Life, for Litro

I reviewed Lionel Shriver's searing dystopian satire, The Mandibles, back in May for the Literary Review

My thoughts on David Savill's hard-hitting Bosnian conflict novel, They Are Trying to Break Your Heart, are in the current issue of the TLS