COLM TOIBIN A Guest at the Feast. Reviewed by Michael Jongen
The author of The Magician is also a skilled essayist, ranging across the personal, religion, and literature. In the first essay in this collection, ‘Cancer: My Part in...
Read MoreOLIVER SACKS Everything in its Place: First Loves and Last Tales. Reviewed by Ann Skea
This second posthumous collection of essays again reveals the passions and intellectual range of the bestselling neurologist, Oliver Sacks. Those who knew of Oliver...
Read MoreNEAL STEPHENSON Some Remarks: Essays and Other Writing. Reviewed by Matthias Schreck
This book of essays and stories adds new perspective to Stephenson’s interests and plot devices. Reviewing a collection of essays is a tricky task at the best of...
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