New Statesman -

Reality bites

Steven Poole — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 12:00:00 GMT

From psy-ops, disinformation and the Bible, to beer and battlefield philosophy, Denis Johnson's new novel is a masterly portrait of war, American-style.

Generation X+1

Steven Poole — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 12:00:00 GMT

Douglas Coupland defined the angst - and gadgets - of 1990s geeks everywhere. But now he's grown up, he just wants to be nice.

In the shadow of the towers

Steven Poole — Mon, 14 May 2007 12:00:00 GMT

The World Trade Center haunted Don DeLillo's writing for three decades. Now he draws a stunned, allusive novel from its destruction. Falling Man Don DeLillo Picador, 246pp, �16.99 ISBN 0330452231

Without borders

Steven Poole — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 12:00:00 GMT

The Curtain: an essay in seven parts Milan Kundera Faber & Faber, 256pp, �12.99

Big fish, little fish

Steven Poole — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 12:00:00 GMT

The Raw Shark Texts Steven Hall Canongate, 368pp, �12.99 ISBN 1841959022

Sympathy for the devil

Steven Poole — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 12:00:00 GMT

Hitler's evil, suggests Norman Mailer's thrillingly unfashionable new saga, stemmed from incest, animal cruelty - and from the satanic "Maestro" himself. By Steven Poole The Castle in the Forest Norman Mailer Little, Brown, 477pp, �17.99 ISBN 0316861332

Too much, not enough

Steven Poole — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 12:00:00 GMT

As 2006 draws to a close, our critics choose the best - and worst - books of the year, and predict what you'll be reading in 2007

Ghost in the machine

Steven Poole — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 12:00:00 GMT

Travels in the Scriptorium Paul Auster Faber & Faber, 130pp, �12.99 ISBN 0571232558

NS Essay - 'Are there really little grey men sitting in secret offices, deciding on the precise language they will use to bamboozle the public? As it happens, there are'

Steven Poole — Mon, 20 Feb 2006 12:00:00 GMT

Left and right alike promote their interests by coining phrases which often insinuate meanings that bear no relation to the original words. Beware this Unspeak, warns Steven Poole

War of the words

Steven Poole — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 12:00:00 GMT

Consider the Lobster and Other Essays David Foster Wallace Abacus, 352pp, �10.99 ISBN 0349119511