Review
Millennials, mums and an Australian mermaid: eight new books
Our reviewers cast their eyes over recent fiction and non-fiction releases
- Cameron Woodhead and Fiona Capp
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Is this the most Australian crime thriller of all time?
Jane Caro’s Lyrebird is a well-crafted crime novel – and as Aussie as it gets.
- Sue Turnbull
This sharp satire features a conwoman you can empathise with
The anti-heroine in Sophie Quick’s debut novel scams people just enough to get by – because she’s a single mother with no support.
- Jessie Tu
‘Streaming as surveillance’: How Spotify is poisoning music in the digital age
In Mood Machine, American music journalist Liz Pelly outlines the story of the music streaming giant’s conquest of streaming.
- Michael Dwyer
The genius physicist whose work was inspired by Escher
Roger Penrose, a mathematician and physicist, is still working at age 93.
- Pat Sheil
A poetic thriller about humanity and connection in the internet age
Colum McCann’s new novel is, as its title suggests, a twisty literary thriller that breaks the rules.
- Peter Craven
From a twisty thriller to a moving Ukrainian war diary: eight new books
Our reviewers cast their eyes over new fiction and non-fiction releases.
- Cameron Woodhead and Steven Carroll
This bonkers road-trip story is witty, boring and annoying. I loved it
Swiss author Christian Kracht’s novel follows a mother and son on a road trip across Switzerland squandering their riches.
- Helen Elliott
This gripping parable could only exist in a post-pandemic world
Chris Flynn’s new novel has the uneasy thrall of a lockdown-era nightmare.
- Jordan Prosser
Steve Vizard probes the Gallipoli myth and Brooke Boney gets personal: This month in books
Plenty of new books hit the bookshops today, with more to come later in the month. Here are 15 of them.
- Jason Steger
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