Nothing happens in Fleishman Is In Trouble for a long time (until of course, it does, and sharply) – the first half of the book is merely setting the scene. Yet it’s a book half stuffed with astuteness and razor-sharp insight
Failure is a natural and unavoidable part of living, says writer Elizabeth Day. By speaking in a very candid and public way about her own private crises, she hopes to help others come to terms with the more painful events in their own lives
Memoir: Once More We Saw Stars: A Memoir, By Jayson Greene, Knopf Publishing, €19.55 Many peopl...
Ian McEwan is turning his considerable storytelling energies to counterfactual fiction, like Philip Roth and Robert Harris before him
Comedy screenwriter Adam Kay’s memoir of his years as a junior doctor in Britain’s NHS is a riot of oddball characters and inexplicable situations. But his old line of work comes with a dark side, writes Tanya Sweeney
Fiction: Don’t You Forget About Me, By Mhairi McFarlane, Harper Collins, €9.20 For way too lo...
Memoir: This Will Only Hurt A Little, By Busy Philipps, Hachette Books, €21 If ever a person ma...
Memoir: The Only Girl: My Life & Times On The Masthead of Rolling Stone, By Robin Green, Vira...
Non-fiction: There Are No Grown-Ups: A Midlife Coming-of-Age Story, By Pamela Druckerman, Doubled...
Much like their film projects, the Duplasses’ memoir is brimful of charm, and thoughtfulness
Lucy is the astute yet depressed narrator of The Pisces, a woman whose life has derailed since the breakdown of her last, wholly dysfunctional relationship
SELF-HELP: Uncle Dysfunctional: Uncompromising Answers to Life’s Most Painful Problems, By AA Gill, Canongate, €13
MEMOIR: Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body, By Roxane Gay, Harper Collins, €19.60 (available August 8)
FICTION: The Idiot, By Elif Batuman, Vintage, €14.95
It takes some beating as an outlandish tale, but those hoping for catharsis or answers may be left wanting
