5 Reviews You Need to Read This Week (opens in new tab)

Our favorite criticism of the week includes James Wood on Harriet Clark’s The Hill, Laura Miller on James Lasdun’s The Family Man, Sam Worley on Douglas Stuart’s John of John, Colin Grant on Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw’s Backtalker, and Adam Begley on Elizabeth Strout’s The Things We Never Say.Article continues after advertisement “Harriet Clark’s superb first novel, The Hill…is narrated by Suzanna, who lives with her grandparents in New York City. Nearly every weekend—first with her grandfath...