Books Claire-Louise Bennett’s Pond is earthy and dark – and very hard to write about Like Lydia Davis, Bennett uses a solitary, highly educated female narrator who contemplates chores with a literary-linguistic cast of mind. By Anthony Cummins
Books Gwendoline Riley’s First Love is uncomfortable, but impossible to turn away from By Anthony Cummins
What the short stories of Helen Simpson and Ali Smith say about social equality Both writers were benificiaries of the post-war consensus. Now, Cockfosters and Public Library both make the case - in different ways -… By Anthony Cummins
Selfish giants: F is Daniel Kehmann’s most technically accomplished novel yet The latest translation from the German author is an introspective, postmodern comedy. By Anthony Cummins