EL James: black and blue and read all over? – books podcast
John Crace whips through the lastest instalment of EL James’s sado-masochistic bestseller, Grey, and asks if it’s time to apply the safe word
Michel Houellebecq: profane or prophetic? – books podcast
John Crace squashes Houellebecq’s Submission and asks whether the sacred monster of French fiction is just making trouble for its own sake
TS Eliot: beyond commentary? – books podcast
John Crace puts the annotated editon of the Nobel laureate’s poetical works through the wringer and assesses the stature of the modernist master
Kazuo Ishiguro: roaring giant or sleeping dragon? – books podcast
John Crace boils down The Buried Giant and asks whether this genre-bending quest novel is destined for the halls of glory or the mists of forgetfulness
Harper Lee: a happy return to Maycomb? – books podcast
John Crace puts the squeeze on Go Set a Watchman, and considers its effect on the author’s reputation