Book reviews

Bitesize book reviews of fiction and non-fiction titles (for detailed analysis of fiction, see Literature).

Joe Buck dreams of hustling women for fast cash but New York has other ideas

Walter Tevis’s sci-fi novel inspects what it means to be human

Krakauer gets under the skin of modern-day faith and spirituality

How the Mob won – and lost – Las Vegas

The dark legacy of the world’s highest mountain

Ant Middleton climbs Everest with little preparation and a lotta close shaves