A selection of recent book reviews, from The JRB.
In Intermezzo, sexual tension and spiky wit give way to a deeper sense of tenderness and a lighter brand of charm.
Zadie Smith, the accomplished, experimental New Yorker.
Lauren Wilkinson’s debut novel American Spy is a thriller that exposes the human drama playing out in the wings of the theatre of politics.
Spring, the third book in Ali Smith’s Seasonal Quartet, is a strange beast.
The possibilities for moving through the world as a success become precarious without something rare and unobtainable: luck.
Zadie Smith’s new collection of essays, Feel Free, is a too-rare pleasure.
Ali Smith’s seasonal quartet is a lesson in how to create novels that reflect the now in all its glory and horror.
Jennifer Malec | Writer, editor, dabbler 