Novelist Joe Dunthorne makes an assured leap to poetry in this witty and clever collectionJoe Dunthorne is a novelist who understands that joking can be the most powerful way of being serious. In his most recent novel, The Adulterants, his abject protagonist survives (only just) through last-ditch gags. How would...

Amid the gleeful surrealism, this 18th-century verse relays a palpable anger that resonates with contemporary turmoil Continue reading...