Stay updated with breaking news from August Blue. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
A beautiful grifter, a defiant prodigy and a political prisoner star in this month’s best books, which our critics describe variously as "utterly engaging", "beguiling" and "profound".
:quality(70):focal(701x129:711x139)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/FAJNENBLSWD5GXMMG4IICFFTSI.jpg)
This grande dame of literature advances the question, how do you escape from the presence of absence?
In this week’s newsletter: Ask anyone if they’ve seen Amazon’s fake trial mockumentary where everyone is acting except for one poor juror, and you’ll unfairly be met with blank stares
:quality(70):focal(1485x2225:1495x2235)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/5HSQJ3GFOJCFLOKGQUBQSS5SU4.jpg)
A preview of Saturday’s books pages and a round-up of the latest literary news
Deborah Levy’s new novel, set in our pandemic-era present, contains the heat and desire of a European summer and the upward struggle of a soul. Jane Gleeson-White says she ‘read it like a thriller’.