Biography
Saul Bellow's Heart - Greg Bellow
Greg Bellow's bond with his famous-writer father was grounded in a tenderness, social optimism, and light-hearted humour rarely attributed to a man more often remembered for being quick to anger and schooled in rational argument. This intimate memoir give
The General: The Ordinary Man Who Challenged Guantánamo - Ahmed Errachidi
On 11 September 2001, in a café in London, Ahmed Errachidi watched as the twin towers collapsed. He was appalled by the loss of innocent life. But he couldn't possibly have predicted how much of his own life he too would lose because of that day. In a
Pink Floyd: Pigs Might Fly by Mark Blake - review
A biography that paints the picture of a generation and sheds some light on the enigma of Syd Barrett When Bob Geldof , not a man easily unpersuaded, managed to get David Gilmour and Roger Waters together on stage for Live 8 in 2005 - the guitaris
West's World: The Extraordinary Life of Dame Rebecca West by Lorna Gibb: review
Rebecca West remains an enigma, says Virginia Rounding, reviewing Lorna Gibb's life of the grande dame of letters.
Creating Wonder - Danny Boyle with Amy Raphael
In this revelatory career-length biography, produced through many hours of interviews with Danny Boyle, he talks frankly about the secrets behind the opening ceremony as well as the struggles, joys and incredible perseverance needed to direct such well-lo
Mary Shelley - Muriel Spark
In the summer of 1816, aged nineteen, Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein. A pioneering work of science fiction, it captured the popular imagination from the start. The daughter of radical philosopher William Godwin and pioneering feminist Mary WollstonecraftThe General: The Ordinary Man Who Challenged Guantánamo by Ahmed Errachidi – review
One man's powerful account of his imprisonment in Guantánamo Bay reveals great courageI Remember by Joe Brainard - review
No wonder Joe Brainard's simple reminiscences about growing up in 1950s Oklahoma are a cult classic In the early 1970s, New York poet and artist Joe Brainard wrote a letter to a friend. "I am way, way up these days over a piece I am still writing calledWest's World: The Extraordinary Life of Dame Rebecca West by Lorna Gibb - review
Rebecca West deserves better than this sloppy retelling of her fascinating life "Just how difficult it is to write a biography," observed Rebecca West in Vogue in 1952, "can be reckoned by anybody who sets down just how many people know the truth of hi