‘The book is inflected by a general sense of apprehension that we all have at present – an awareness of the possibility of world-ending events.’
Ideal Husband or Ideal Lover? Susan Sontag·21st May 2016Great writers are either husbands or lovers. Some writers supply the solid virtues of a husband: reliability, intelligibility,...FictionNumber 8 | The Paris Issue
Travels with Paul Arthur Bradford·19th July 2012I had been fired from my job for a stupid indiscretion and needed to leave town. I packed...FictionNumber 2 | Out There
Brighton Rock Alison MacLeod·16th July 2012I confess. I’m a push-over for those little mind-bender moments in life, when reality seems, fleetingly, to wobble...A Single BookFictionNumber 2 | Out There
On Tess Five Dials·16th July 2012'But the bit that gets me is when Tess writes her letter. She just spills out the truth about herself and the next day she’s trying to figure out if Angel Clare has read the thing and if he’ll still marry her.' FictionNumber 1 | Things Begin
The Interns Hari Kunzru·11th July 2012Brothers and sisters, we, the interns, are united at last. We stand shoulder to shoulder, our poorly fitting...FictionNumber 1 | Things Begin
