The essential and timely anthology Protest from Comma Press is published in paperback in April. Here's my review for Structo

My review of Philip Hensher's capacious, compelling new novel The Friendly Ones, for the i-Paper

Six of the best short story collections last year were by Akhil Sharma, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, David Hayden, Joanna Walsh, Jeffrey Eugenides & William Boyd. Here's my round-up for the Spectator

A Christmas Day Backlisted podcast with Andy Miller, John Mitchinson, James Cook and me discussing Ian Fleming, Bond, and On Her Majesty's Secret Service. Listen here

One of my favourite books of the year was Tom Rachman's collection of Trump tales, Basket of Deplorables. Here's my piece for Review 31

A dirty great Big Mac of a book. My piece on UnAmerican Activities, James Miller's descent into the moronic inferno of 21st-century America, for Review 31

My review of the essential anthology, Best European Fiction 2018 from the Dalkey Archive Press in the TLS