The Evening Road, by Laird Hunt, Chatto & Windus, RRP£14.99/Little, Brown, RRP$26 The FT described it as “as accomplished and pleasurable as anything Hollinghurst has written”. Hollinghurst’s new novel is a multi-generational portrait of gay life in the 20th century, encompassing Oxford spires, youthful sexual liberation, and provincialism versus metropolitanism. The Sparsholt Affair, by Alan Hollinghurst, Picador, RRP£20/Knopf, RRP$28.95 In this collection, Hadley zooms her lens in and out of her characters’ lives, from a girl’s sensual awakening in the suburbs to 60-year-old Greta, facing decline and the end of sexual desire. Tessa Hadley is one of the most sympathetic, insightful observers of human nature writing today, and a brilliant short story writer. Tracing the descendants of two women across seven generations, this unflinching, ambitious debut from Ghanaian-American author Gyasi examines the lingering effects of slavery from the 18th-century Gold Coast to the US at the turn of the 21st.īad Dreams and Other Stories, by Tessa Hadley, Jonathan Cape, RRP£16.99/Harper, RRP$26.99 Homegoing, by Yaa Gyasi, Viking, RRP£9.99/Knopf, RRP$26.95 Great historical fiction, flawlessly done. While touching on New York’s maritime past, social change and America’s rising prewar eminence, the story belongs to Anna Kerrigan, her errant father Eddie, and an intriguing nightclub owner named Dexter Styles. Manhattan Beach, by Jennifer Egan, Corsair, RRP£16.99/Scribner, RRP$28Įgan’s keenly awaited follow-up to her prizewinning A Visit From the Goon Squad is set in the Brooklyn docks of the 1930s and 1940s.
A well-observed and often hilarious portrayal of the harsh realities and prejudices of country life, with a deliciously thriller-ish edge. So they up sticks from London to a curiously cheap cottage in the depths of Devon.
Lottie and Quentin should be divorcing, thanks to Quentin’s multiple indiscretions, but after losing their jobs, they can’t afford to. Quite possibly the most entertaining novel of the year. The Lie of the Land, by Amanda Craig, Little, Brown, RRP£16.99 When Eve loses her famous actor father suddenly, she confronts her loss by scouring obituaries in the papers, while her mother keeps on carrying on. Boyt’s previous four novels show a strong interest in familial relationships and their idiosyncrasies, and she continues to mine those themes in her new novel, Love & Fame, a complex exploration of grief and the ripples it causes.
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