books

An author with a plot for success

Jean Hanff Korelitz wrote the book behind the HBO hit The Undoing - and now her new book is set for success

Prince Charles writes foreword to survivor’s memoir

Their upcoming book will be published by Macmillan in September

Review: The Grey Men: Pursuing the Stasi into the Present

Hope’s book is less than systematic in presenting the Stasi’s escape from justice

Review: Escape from the Ghetto

The Nine: the women who defied the Nazis

Gwen Strauss's new book tells the story of a group of incredibly courageous women

The Rosenbergs were both Jewish and traitors

She devoted her life to serving Stalin, and a revisionist biography is gravely mistaken

Review: Nabokov and the Real World: Between 
Appreciation and Defence

Robert Alter’s latest book, Nabokov and the Real World, is a selection of his essays on Nabokov’s masterpieces

Review: Daughters of the Labyrinth

Padel brings a painter’s eye to her descriptions of Crete

Review: How to be a Refugee: One Family’s Story of Exile and Belonging

As identity politics become more important worldwide, this book comes as an enormous shock