Review
Cameron Crowe’s memoir is filled with delicious anecdotes from rock’s golden age
A quarter of a century after Almost Famous presented a fictionalised account of Crowe’s early career, The Uncool reveals true stories from his time on the road with some of the biggest bands of the time.
- Tom Ryan
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From high-octane action to tips for living to 100: here are 10 new books
Our reviewers cast their eyes over new fiction and non-fiction releases
- Cameron Woodhead and Steven Carroll
The five books you must read this summer
Five reads guaranteed to match your mood whether you’re beach-bathing, couch-napping or sun-dodging.
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Book Reviews
What’s good, what’s bad, and what’s in between in literature this year? Here we review the latest titles.
From heavy metal god to Hannibal Lecter: five new celebrity memoirs
Here are five of our favourite recently released memoirs.
- Nathan Smith
Stephen King says he’s never read anything like this western epic
Best known for the experimental cult classic House of Leaves, Mark Z. Danielewski has dramatically changed gears in his ambitious new novel.
- Ashley Crawford
Drugs, sexting and Trump’s tantrums: RFK’s alleged ‘digital lover’ Olivia Nuzzi’s memoir lands
The former journalist drops some bombshells, but her memoir lacks vulnerability to rehabilitate her tarnished public image.
- Nathan Smith
Forget Lolita: Vladimir Nabokov’s real masterpiece has been overlooked
To read it is to watch a great literary mind at play, having as much fun with words as it’s possible to have.
- David Free
From ghoulish crime to dirty politics, here are 10 new books
Our reviewers’ picks of new and recent fiction and non-fiction releases.
- Cameron Woodhead and Fiona Capp
Zadie Smith on creativity, politics and falling out of a window
In this selection of essays, the award-winning author proves herself as nimble a visual arts and movie critic as she is a literary one.
- Thuy On
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