Book Review
The Sidekick: A novel about basketball that nets a whole lot more
London-Texan author Benjamin Markovits has style, self-confidence and a touch of greatness
The London-Texan writer Benjamin Markovits has produced 11 novels to date, among them a trilogy on the life of Lord Byron and the James Tait Black Prize-winning You Don’t Have to Live Like This. In 2013, he was included on Granta’s Best of Young British Novelists list.
Despite this, many Irish readers will never have heard of him. Even in Britain he’s not a huge name, prompting journalist Max Liu to ask in a 2015 ...
