By Sandy Rashty
The suppressed passion between black seamstress Esther and immigrant Jew Mr Marks makes this plot feel freshly hatched
By John Nathan
This is a fascinating piece of work about people’s dreams in Nazi Germany
By Alun David
The children’s writer says she thinks of her character Emily as her ‘better and braver part’
By Angela Kiverstein
Historian Cécile Desprairies’ debut novel is a dark and powerful account of the French men and women who eagerly embraced evil
By David Herman