The Long Take by Robin Robertson — cities of shadowsA soldier travelling from New York to California attempts to banish postwar guilt in a cinematic narrative that blends fiction and poetryMilkman by Anna Burns — life on a knife-edge in 1970s BelfastA teenager learns the art of self-preservation against the sinister backdrop of the TroublesWashington Black by Esi Edugyan — flights of fancyThe atrocities of life for a young slave on a plantation are leavened with a steampunk escapade in this epic new novelIs it time to update literature’s classics?A new take on the Oedipus myth is one of a wave of Ancient Greek tales reworked to put women centre stageThe Mars Room by Rachel Kushner — life behind barsA novel about prison life revels in the characters fighting against a system designed to smother individualityThe Overstory by Richard Powers — a Great American eco-novelHumanity’s encroachment on nature is explored in a work that draws on the literary greats
The Long Take by Robin Robertson — cities of shadowsA soldier travelling from New York to California attempts to banish postwar guilt in a cinematic narrative that blends fiction and poetryMilkman by Anna Burns — life on a knife-edge in 1970s BelfastA teenager learns the art of self-preservation against the sinister backdrop of the TroublesWashington Black by Esi Edugyan — flights of fancyThe atrocities of life for a young slave on a plantation are leavened with a steampunk escapade in this epic new novelIs it time to update literature’s classics?A new take on the Oedipus myth is one of a wave of Ancient Greek tales reworked to put women centre stageThe Mars Room by Rachel Kushner — life behind barsA novel about prison life revels in the characters fighting against a system designed to smother individualityThe Overstory by Richard Powers — a Great American eco-novelHumanity’s encroachment on nature is explored in a work that draws on the literary greats
