Books Dave Eggers’ new thriller: Beware of the IT crowd Despite a climax involving a leadenly symbolic, Jurassic Park-style “feeding experiment” in the Circle’s aquariums, The Circle is the well-managed thriller Eggers plainly intended it to… By Talitha Stevenson
The Trip to Echo Spring by Olivia Laing: On the need of hyperarticulate people to get raving drunk The lives of six writers, and the reasons why they drank so much, are explored in this nuanced portrait… By Talitha Stevenson
Addiction: The key to all mythologies From alcohol and cigarettes to Xboxes and iPads, modern life can be a minefield of addiction. By Talitha Stevenson