Lydia Davis: Think small
By Claire Allfree in Books
Issue 3676 23rd May 2013
Acclaimed US writer Lydia Davis's off-beam short stories can be just five words long.
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Dan Brown: The Devil’s in the detail
Subscriber contentBy Linley Boniface in Books
Issue 3812 23rd May 2013
As his new book, Inferno, starts to fly off shelves, best-selling author Dan Brown talks about history, hell – and critics.
Drawn to the green light
Subscriber contentIssue 3812 23rd May 2013
CK Stead reflects on three ages of reading The Great Gatsby.
Atmospheric disturbances
Subscriber contentIssue 3812 23rd May 2013
The mentally unsettled characters of Patrick McGrath’s novels owe more than a little to his growing up in the grounds of Broadmoor psychiatric hospital, where his father was a doctor.
Seeing through the murk
Subscriber contentBy Bernard Carpinter in Books
Issue 3812 23rd May 2013
Bernard Carpinter’s monthly roundup of crime and thrillers.
Reaching a physical peak
Subscriber contentBy Alexa Johnston in Books
Issue 3812 23rd May 2013
On the 60th anniversary of the ascent of Everest, the contribution of science is finally given its proper due.
An hour with Carlos Ruiz Zafón
By Craig Ranapia in Books
Issue Listener Plus 22nd May 2013
Let's hear it for the translator.
Russian Affairs: Masha Gessen
By Craig Ranapia in Books
22nd May 2013
Vladimir Putin? "He's a thug."
Aleks Krotoski: What the Internet is Doing to You
By Mark Broatch in Books
Issue Listener Plus 20th May 2013
'Kids know online creepiness when they see it.'
The Return of Fleur Adcock
By Craig Ranapia in Books
Issue Listener Plus 20th May 2013
What you don’t say, and how you don’t say it, is writing too.