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Book Review: A Dead Hand: An unconvincing passage to India 

Byline: Review by ALLAN MASSIE

A DEAD HAND BY PAUL THEROUX

Hamish Hamilton, 263pp, GBP 18.99

PAUL Theroux has...

Year in books: a look back at books that captured our attention 

THE AWARDS THE AWARDS Nobel Prize for Literature Pablo Neruda (CHILE, 1904-1973) An influential poet, diplomat, and exiled activist, Neruda...

Audible Unveils 'Modern Vanguard' Line of Audiobooks 

Audible announced the launch of a new line of audiobooks, "Audible Modern Vanguard," which will bring to unabridged audio fiction and...

Audible Announces New “Modern Vanguard” Line of Audiobooks 

HASH(0x1ed4e80) “Audible Modern Vanguard” Audiobook Line Launches with 34 Acclaimed Titles from Literary...

Calendar 

July/August Poets, novelists, and journalists who found work in the Depression with the Federal Writers' Project created a snapshot of the...

Born on this day 

1688: James Francis Edward Stuart (deceased). The Old Pretender. 1688: James Francis Edward Stuart (deceased). The Old Pretender. The son of...

Stanford Professor Pens First Biography of Saul Bellow's Rival and Close Friend, Isaac Rosenfeld 

STANFORD, Calif. -- Born in Chicago in 1918, the prodigiously gifted and erudite Isaac Rosenfeld was anointed a “genius” upon the...

Soul of a people; the WPA Writer's Project uncovers Depression America 

Soul of a people; the WPA Writer's Project uncovers Depression America. Soul of a people; the WPA Writer's Project uncovers Depression America....

The cruelty of the soup bone: the Chicago eccentric behind Saul Bellow's "Doctor Pep".(Essays)(Critical essay) 

Very little has been written about Saul Bellow's 1949 short story "A Sermon by Doctor Pep," and what scholarship there is disagrees about the...

Buttoned up; 20th-century American writing.(Cheever: A Life)(Book review) 

THE big names of 20th-century American literature are recognisable for their robust alter egos: Nathan Zuckerman, Moses Herzog, Harry "Rabbit"...