Category: Books

David Mitchell’s irreverent romp through English royal history

Unruly by David Mitchell

Intriguingly, Mitchell doesn’t tee up the sequel but argues rather that this is the natural end to his story since afterwards kings and queens were less central to England’s story.

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A Confederacy of Dunces

A Confederacy of Dunces

A Confederacy of Dunces is a picaresque novel by American novelist John Kennedy Toole which reached publication in 1980, eleven years after Toole’s death.

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Gilgamesh: A New English Version

Gilgamesh: A New English Version

Gilgamesh is considered one of the masterpieces of world literature, but until now there has not been a version that is a superlative literary text in its own right.

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