Am I reading a fairy tale? No, this is Munich, November 1918. In the political chaos following the German defeat…

November 2018
Philippe Claudel’s latest novel, elegantly translated by Euan Cameron, tackles friendship, mortality and renewal. A filmmaker loses his best friend…
I am the Dark One, – the Widower, – the Unconsoled, The Prince of Aquitaine whose Tower is ruined: My…
The Swedish writer Håkan Nesser, in two separate series, has utilised separate locales. There is the not-quite-Sweden in his novels…
Deputy Police Commissioner Colomba Caselli is to find that the arrival of a train at Rome’s main station will have…
Welcome to the last #RivetingReviews of 2018. We’re taking a break from our monthly reviews in December and January –…