Literary Radar

Articles, book reviews, literary critiques and journalistic reports around books on local and international media.

Crime and thrillers of the month – review | THE GUARDIAN | 16/04/2024

An unreliable narrator keeps her husband and readers guessing; the welcome return of burned-out cop Jake Jackson; a multilayered family thriller; and a disturbing boarding school secret

 

For the Love of Glamour: American Aristocracy from Twain to Trump | LOS ANGELES REVIEW OF BOOKS | 14/04/2024

Pop Culture and the Dark Side of the American Dream: Con Men, Gangsters, Drug Lords, and Zombies by Paul Cantor

 

From Aspiration to Constriction: On Three New Books Examining Change in China | LOS ANGELES REVIEW OF BOOKS | 1/04/2024

Xi Jinping's Ideological Agenda: Reimagining China's Past and Shaping its Future Through Ideology and Historical Narratives.

The Eyes Have It: On Eugene M. Helveston’s “Death to Beauty” | LOS ANGELES REVIEW OF BOOKS | 30/03/2024

Death to Beauty: The Transformative History of Botox by Eugene M. Helveston. 

 

Something Calamitous: On Hanna Johansson’s “Antiquity” | LOS ANGELES REVIEW OF BOOKS

The debut novel from Swedish writer Hanna Johansson

 

The Best Reviewed Books of the Week | LITERARY HUB | 15/03/2024

Featuring new titles by Marilynne Robinson, Colin Barrett, Vinson cunningham, and more.