A feast of fiction awaits lucky readers this autumn: was there ever a year with so many books from so many big names? New novels by Sally Rooney, Ali Smith and Jonathan Coe. Booker contenders from US big hitters Richard Powers and Rachel Kushner. The latest adventure from Haruki Murakami and rip-roaring feminist horror from Polish Nobel laureate Olga Tokarczuk... The weeks ahead are packed with treats to brighten the dark nights in prospect, including Robert Harris’s latest political thriller, Precipice, about a bed-hopping PM in 1914; there’s even a new John le Carré, from the pen of the late novelist’s son, Nick Harkaway.
With so much in store, where to begin? Whet your appetite with our exclusive first look at one of the year’s most keenly anticipated releases: Alan Hollinghurst’s Our Evenings, the first novel in seven years from The Line of Beauty author. We also talk to another Booker winner, Roddy Doyle, about revisiting his best-loved creation, Paula Spencer, in his new book, The Women Behind the Door.
