Books

Book review: Leaving Lucy Pear

'This often erotic book is full of revelations, tension and excitement.'

Book Review: Dinner at the Centre of the Earth

'A dark, profound meditation on the state of Israel and also a gripping thriller, full of twists and moral ambiguity, it is an absolute joy to read.'

Michael Rosen: growing up in the 'non-Zionist bubble'

Children's writer Michael Rosen has written a book about his very Jewish - but very irreligious - childhood. Lee Harpin met him.

A very Jewish literary festival at Cliveden

Simon Schama and Hannah Rothschild are on the programme for a brand new literary event

Integration for Jews preceded tragedies

The experiences of Rothschild and Disraeli could have changed Britain, but history records a series of missed opportunities for others

Book review: Basket of Deplorables

David Herman enjoys Tom Rachman's smartly satirical tales.

Madness, anxiety and poetry

Joanne Limburg reviews two new collections of poetry

Margaret Thatcher — Zion Lady

Book review: Nicole Krauss Forest Dark

David Herman isn't impressed by a very literary novel