David Herman

Skipping a Lesson

Reissued work by Austrian novelist fails to explore historical context

Incorporate corporation

Irreverent comic novel set in 'Heaven Inc'

Birth, death and music

Michael Chabon's new novel is a celebration of a melting-pot culture and a hymn to vintage records

Sad and lonely basket cases

Two new novels deal with lonely men in crisis and within unusual groupings

Man behind this year's stand-out novel

David Herman meets an Australian writer whose second book is even better than his brilliant debut

Richard Ford's North America exposure

A haunting, epic tale of rootlessness that carries a surprising and subtle Jewish resonance

Smart prose cannot conceal grim content

Classic author's lesser known work offers sombre,gritty realism

David Herman interviews Jan Gross, chronicler of Polish atrocities

Historian remains shocked at events that took place in his native land

Witty tale of a musical Sicilian nobleman

Gabriel Josipovici's sophisticated story of a man and manservant

Uneven chick lit romance but Oprah Winfrey liked it

The Origin of Violence

Staring into — and out of — Vichy France

Writers making waves across Atlantic

The JC essay