The latest addition to my website is Michael Ferrier's François, portrait d’un absent (François, Portrait Of An Absent Friend). The eponymous absent friend is François Christophe, very much a real…
The latest addition to my website is Manuel Rivas'O último día de Terranova (The Last Days of Terranova). In 2014 Vicenzo Fontana is having to close his beloved bookshop in…
The latest addition to my website is Sonallah Ibrahim's العمامة والقبعة (The Turban and the Hat). The novel takes place during the French occupation of Egypt from 1798 to 1801.…
The latest addition to my website is Sylvie Germain's Jours de colère (Days of Anger). This book, a reissue by publishers Dedalus, is a classic modern French novel, mixing Gothic…
The latest addition to my website is Georges Magnane's Où l'herbe ne pousse plus (Where the Grass No Longer Grows). The novel is a fictionalised account of a historical event…
The latest addition to my website is Nikolaj Frobenius's Latours katalog (De Sade’s Valet). The focus is on Latour, the historical valet of the Marquis de Sade, though his story…
The latest addition to my website is Michel Houellebecq's Anéantir [Annihilate]. This is a fairly typical Houellebecq novel. It opens in late 2026. There are three main plot lines: a…
The latest addition to my website is David Diop's Frère d’âme (At Night All Blood Is Black). This book won the International Booker Prize in 2021. It tells the story…
The latest addition to my website is Patrick Modiano's Chevreuse This novel follows the usual Patrick Modiano modus operandi. A man (Modiano's alter ego) looks back, both from the age…
The latest addition to my website is Michel Butor's L'Emploi du temps (Passing Time). I had already read and reviewed this novel (link is to the old review) but a…