News
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.
December, 2016
The Feud in the FT
Nabokov and Wilson go head-to-head over Eugene Onegin. I review Alex Beam's The Feud in the Financial Times.
October, 2016
Nicotine
Pro-tobacco activists find love in a Jersey City squat. I review Nell Zink's quirky novel, Nicotine, in the Financial Times.
September, 2016
Race and fiction
Further thoughts on race, fiction and Lionel Shriver's Mandibles, in the Washington Post.
July, 2016
Underground Airlines
What if slavery was still legal? I review Underground Airlines in the Financial Times.
June, 2016
Mandibles
I review Lionel Shriver's right-wing dystopian novel, The Mandibles, in the Washington Post.