News
February, 2018
Savages
In a new thriller from France, conspirators attempt to kill the "French Obama," the country's first Muslim candidate. I review Savages in the Financial Times.
October, 2017
Mihail Sebastian
The rhetoric is "idiotic," but "the point is to shake the country up a bit." I review For Two Thousand Years in the New York Times.
July, 2017
Thoreau review
A splendid new biography of Henry David Thoreau. My review for the Financial Times.
Flights review
"A thing in motion will always be better than a thing at rest." I review Olga Tokarczuk's Flights for the Financial Times
June, 2017
Il Cartello
Il Cartello asks me to draw some parallels between the current moment and the one in which I wrote A Disorder Peculiar to the Country.
April, 2017
Spaceman of Bohemia
I review a novel about the first Czech astronaut, Spaceman of Bohemia, for the Financial Times.
March, 2017
The Book That Changed America
When Darwin's Origin came to America. My review in the Financial Times.
February, 2017
Grossman review
I review Israeli writer David Grossman's novel about a comically unfunny standup comic, A Horse Walks into a Bar. in the Washington Post.
Time essay
My essay-review about the nature of time, in the Financial Times
January, 2017
Moonglow in the FT
With warmth and sympathy, Michael Chabon writes a family history tied up with the invention of space travel. I review Moonglow in the Financial Times.