From Barbra Streisand to Michael Mann: new books reviewed in short
Also featuring Peter Cowie’s biography of Ingmar Bergman and Stuffed by Pen Vogler.
ByRead all the latest book reviews from the New Statesman and discover the best novels, non-fiction, essays and biographies. If you’re looking for something more specific, explore our sections dedicated to politics books and history books.
Also featuring Peter Cowie’s biography of Ingmar Bergman and Stuffed by Pen Vogler.
ByThe late author may be the most misunderstood writer in the American canon.
ByRoger Lewis’s book about the lives of the married actors isn’t really a biography – it’s a fever dream.
ByA radical new history argues that human society was shaped not by hunter-gatherer skills but the bodies of our female…
ByAlso featuring Reckoning by V and Eyeliner by Zahra Hankir.
ByIn a new book on the vicious media misogyny of the Noughties, the recent past has never felt more remote.
ByAs the power in Hollywood has moved from film to TV, so has the much-mythologised alpha male auteur.
ByThirteen years of Tory rule, a season of scandal and Labour on the rise – the hectic Britain of 1963…
ByAlso featuring Alexandria by Islam Issa and The Factory by Hiroko Oyamada.
ByThe Norwegian novelist doesn’t just want to show his characters’ inner lives, he wants us to take leave of our…
ByIn his unlikely fourth act, the former movie star is a self-help guru who trades in the toughest of tough…
ByThe singer’s memoir of her conservatorship is full of cartoonish villains and medieval misogyny. But this isn’t a fable – it’s…
ByOur choice of the highlights from the universities in 2023.
ByAlso featuring The Revolutionary Temper by Richard Darnton and The Wisdom of Sheep by Rosamund Young.
ByThe twins accrued hotels, newspapers and a fortress on their own island – then their fortune vanished.
ByShattered by Brexit, the Tory party has been captured by populist disrupters. Can true conservatives win it back?
ByThe novelist’s collected non-fiction reveals her extraordinary range, depth and independence of thought.
ByIs consciousness an illusion? Only a philosopher could convince himself of something as implausible.
ByThe duplicity that defined his spy novels also enabled his relentless pursuit of sexual pleasure.
ByThe South African writer’s steely eye gives his stories of emotional restraint the feel of modern allegories.
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