Book Review: Mycroft Holmes
/A debut adventure starring the smarter older brother of Sherlock Holmes
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A debut adventure starring the smarter older brother of Sherlock Holmes
Read MoreMichael Swanwick's terrific new novel features a con artist and a genetically modified dog-man seeking riches and power in a post-post-apocalyptic China
Read MoreIn the continents-spanning 16th-century clash between Venice and the Ottoman Empire, a crucial role was played by Albania - and by two families at the heart of events
Read MoreThe celebrated author of "The Yacoubian Building" returns with another panoramic look at life in modern Egypt during a pivotal era
Read MoreIn Adrienne Celt's remarkably rich debut novel, an opera singer is worried that the birth of her daughter has robbed her of her singing voice
Read MoreIn the wake of professional betrayal and global catastrophe, the heroes of Linda Nagata's "Red" Trilogy are confronted by a new threat as the series barrels on
Read MoreAt the end of the 14th century, Lorenzo de' Medici and the friar Savonarola began a series of clashes in palace and pulpit that would end up altering the course of the city's history. A lively new book tells the story.
Read MoreBook critic Michael Dirda's latest collection offers more personal musings on the subject he loves most
Read MoreA new edition of this collection of Holocaust diaries by young people captures the voices and the worries of the Nazis' most innocent victims
Read MoreA newly-reprinted biography of the "Iron Chancellor" Otto von Bismarck is noticeably short - what kind of a job does it do?
Read MoreBloomsbury publishes a lovely new English-language translation of Sonallah Ibrahim's great novel about the Lebanese Civil War
Read MoreYou wouldn't bet on a little street in Edinburgh - or its eccentric inhabitants - surviving a series of world-battering catastrophes, but that's both the starting and the ending point of Nick Holdstock's fascinating first novel
Read MoreIn his brilliant new book, Jedediah Purdy argues that humanity must face the collapse of nature using the three tools it knows best: politics, policy, and cold, hard cash
Read MoreIn a dusty Vatican archive, an ancient manuscript is found that could change the world. Or whatever.
Read MoreThe woes of empire and the decline of the aristocracy form the backdrop for Jonathan Weisman's smart and moving debut novel, set in Thatcher's England.
Read MoreA powerful new book by one of our best historians examines from new sources the torturous path Russia took to the First World War
Read MoreIn this funny and touching debut, a young man's search for his missing mother leads to unexpected discoveries amid the lights of Las Vegas
Read MoreIn an alternate history in which an undefeated Nazi Germany controls vast portions of Africa, a cast of old friends and enemies come together amid rumors of a devastating new kind of bomb ...
Read MoreAiling cultural critic Clive James turns in what may very well be his final collection of essays. Robert Minto reviews.
Read MoreThe hero of Linda Nagata's nifty new series is hard-wired to his battle-armor ... but is something else hiding in the connection?
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