WILD FLOWERS ON AN OCTOBER MORNING

CHRIS parked the Range Rover at the side of the main road on the East Coast and stepped out, pulling his cap low so no one would recognise him. He stood there for a little while, looking at the place he had come to visit. It was quiet and secluded, and after a deep...

The Prospect of Sacrifices

WORLD leaders and ordinary people constantly worry that not everyone on our planet has access to the necessities of survival. Many lack access to food, water, or shelter. Many lack access to healthcare. For these people, the very diseases that are nothing more than a...

It Hurts: The Disappearers by Marlon James

AT  nearly 600 pages, Marlon James’s new novel, The Disappearers (Riverhead, $27.99), matches the ambition of its project. Comparable in scale to his Booker Prize–winning A Brief History of Seven Killings, it is another maximalist novel, crowded with characters and...