Kiran Dass - Columnists

Thar she blows

Issue 3811 16th May 2013

How Should a Person Be? is like a novelisation of Lena Dunham’s television show Girls.

Issue 3798 14th Feb 2013

AM Homes is a writer who tempers bone-dry discomfort and uneasiness with a sharply satirical humour and piercing social commentary.

Issue 3785 24th Nov 2012

Edna O’Brien’s new memoir is all from memory. “Only the very young or the mad keep diaries,” she says.

Issue 3775 15th Sep 2012

Michael Chabon joins the hall of shame of novelists writing about music.

Issue 3772 25th Aug 2012

John Banville’s Ancient Light brims with gorgeous turns of phrase and insights that glow with a sharp lacquered edge.

Issue 3753 14th Apr 2012

The personal background of Chic’s Nile Rodgers is as startling as his contribution to music.

Issue 3753 14th Apr 2012

The confessional anecdotes in Jarvis Cocker’s commentary are the real star of this selection of his lyrics.

Issue 3742 28th Jan 2012

A release from two sisters comes with a hand-sewn 12-page zine.

Issue 3742 28th Jan 2012

One-man band Kraus is a national treasure.

Issue 3708 4th Jun 2011

Anne Enright writes with wry wit about adultery and economics.