Books Book Review: Salman Rushdie’s Knife is a powerful meditation on traumaThe British-American author’s reflections on his brush with death at the hands of an assailant may be uneven, but are compelling nonetheless
Books Book Review: Jan Carson’s latest short story collection is a sparkling joyQuickly, While They Still Have Horses reconfirms Carson’s status as one of the best writers on this island
Books Book Review: Dark humour and incisive analysis elevate Denis Bradley’s Northern Ireland peace memoirThe former priest’s book, Peace Comes Dropping Slowly, is a humane, unpretentious affair
Books Book Review: Andrew O’Hagan’s attempt to capture the state of Britain edges into caricatureIn the 650-page Caledonian Road, the Scottish writer tries to weave together strands of London as it cautiously emerges from the depths of the pandemic
Books Book Review: Warmth and humour, but no surprises, in the life story of Pope FrancisIn Life, the pontiff reflects on his 87 years through a series of personal anecdotes and homilies
Books Book Review: A love letter to The Blues Brothers, warts and allDaniel De Visé’s book charts the lives of the cult classic’s stars, as well as its chaotic production
Books Book Review: In The Trading Game, Gary Stevenson paints a grim picture of ultra-capitalismThe profession that almost drove the former trader to a nervous breakdown is, he says, making fools of us all
Books Book Review: Gleeson’s long-fiction debut sparkles with literary luminescenceHagstone is a satisfyingly easy read, built on a plot that moves relentlessly forward
Books Book Review: Fugitive is an impressive unpicking of Michael Lynn’s crooked worldMichael O’Farrell’s book is at its most compelling when trying to probe the shamed solicitor’s character and motives
Book Review Book Review: A heartfelt and painfully bleak account of life with paedophile Davy TweedAmanda Brown, Tweed’s stepdaughter, has written an important and intelligent book about her tormentor
Books Book Review: Until August is a pale shadow of the greatness of Gabriel Garcia Márquez The author wanted this book destroyed; his sons’ decision to publish it posthumously is a mistake
Books Book Review: Begorrah-isms aside, Tana French’s new thriller is a gripping readThe Hunter picks up where the writer’s 2022 novel The Searcher left off
Books Book Review: A grimly fascinating insight into the life of a problem gamblerLimerick man Pat Sheedy has written a self-lacerating memoir that he hopes will prompt other addicts to examine their behaviour
Books Book review: Forty-something years in Hollywood laid bare in this fascinating tell-all Filmmaker Edward Zwick tells all about difficult actors, the tyrannical inclinations of the director and the magic of the movies in a frank memoir
Books Book Review: Essay collection on music soundtracks our lives hits all the right notesWhile it’s hard to capture the magic of music by writing about it, You Spin Me Round will have you reaching for albums that’ll relight memories
Book Review Book review: Keir Starmer biography offers a fresh take on Britain’s likely next prime ministerThis is a worthy and sensible portrait of an unlikely leader in waiting with a love of Ireland
Books Book Review: An enjoyable smorgasbord of Victorian society, with a proper boo-hiss villain Story finds room for Victorian social history, questions about the press crossing lines and enjoyable portraits of characters
Books Book review: Eamonn Mallie memoir documents a maverick journalist’s refusal to play niceThis blend of autobiography, anecdotes, character sketches and political analysis is delivered with the author’s characteristic intensity
Books Book Review: Brevity is the soul of grit in darkly wrought short story collection from Tinker, Tailor screenwriterUnforgettable assortment of stories from acclaimed writer Bridget O'Connor, who died in 2010, is not afraid to go to dark places
Book Review Book Review: The Disappeared drags a murky aspect of Irish history out into the light Pádraig Óg Ó Ruairc’s brilliantly researched and highly unsettling history of Irish ‘forced disappearances’ spans from 1798 to 1998