Early findings of our BBC The Novels That Shaped Our World surveys show that readers of the South West of England rate the novels Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons and Master and Commander by Patrick O’Brian more highly enjoyable … Continued
Can something popular also be great? asks the LA Review of Books in a recent review of Irish novelist Sally Rooney’s third book Beautiful world where are you? The release of Rooney’s latest novel was met with swift bookstore window makeovers and long queues of millennials (those who hadn’t … Continued