The New Wilderness, Diane Cook’s Booker Prize-nominated novel, hold up the mirror to the not-so-distant future of mankind.

Daily Recco, December 15: The New Wilderness is our soon-to-be reality

The New Wilderness, Diane Cook’s Booker Prize-nominated novel, holds up a mirror to the not-so-distant future of mankind.

The Nobel Laureate was often harsh and unsparing - but always readable, and, on occasion, capable of warmth with a flourish.

Among the Great: The Passing of VS Naipaul, a literary legend

While the political faces of bigotry today seem cartoonish and crude, they are backed by a philosophy of hatred that's fast getting normalised.

Joshua Ferris and Karen Joy Fowler, the two Americans on this year's shortlist, might justifiably feel like freshmen trapped in a hostile school.