Book reviews of mainly modern & contemporary fiction

‘Heartburn’ by Nora Ephron

‘The Lost Man’ by Jane Harper

The 2018 Shadow Giller Prize winner

‘French Exit’ by Patrick deWitt

‘The Donor’ by Helen FitzGerald

‘Motherhood’ by Sheila Heti

‘Washington Black’ by Esi Edugyan

‘Conversations with Friends’ by Sally Rooney

‘Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk’ by Kathleen Rooney

‘Sylvia’ by Leonard Michaels

3 memoirs by Sacha Batthyány, Miranda Doyle and Sigrid Rausing

‘Wimmera’ by Mark Brandi

‘Sweet Bean Paste’ by Durian Sukegawa

The 2018 Giller Prize shortlist

‘The Catherine Wheel’ by Elizabeth Harrower

‘Convenience Store Woman’ by Sayaka Murata

The 2018 Giller Prize longlist

‘Nights at the Alexandra’ by William Trevor

‘Pao’ by Kerry Young

20 books of summer 2018 recap