Financial Times book reviews
12 of the 13 Financial Times reviews here with a stated verdict were positive.
MixedSwan Song: Diana, My Sister · Charles Spencer“Charles Spencer’s vengeful biography”PositiveStations · Louise Kennedy“captures with fino dry wit the path of would-be lovers”PositiveDodge City · Patrick deWitt“wild, witty road trip across 1960s America”PositiveThe Great Dictator · Matthew Sweet“sparkling, name-dropping biography”Verdict not statedDèy · Edwidge DanticatPositiveRange · Dorthe Nors“part of a compelling current wave of work from Danish female”Verdict not statedRoll the Calls · Ari EmanuelPositiveDeep into the Sixties: Britain 1965-66 · David Kynaston“richly evokes the texture of a decade”PositiveFemale Life on Planet Earth · Laleh Khadivi“stories of solidarity and resilience”PositiveNapoleon and his Marshals · Andrew Roberts“offers a rich collection of personal stories that dissect the rivalries”RavePartita · Barbara Kingsolver“virtuoso novel of loss, social class and music”PositiveMadame Composer · Sarah Fritz“strips away the myths of the muse and restores this 19th-century virtuoso to her rightful place”PositivePerfecting the Shot · Mathias Énard“verges on the claustrophobic — but therein lies the power of this expertly”PositiveThe Everywhere Millionaire · Owen Zidar and Eric Zwick“a fascinating look at the Main Street moguls making extraordinary fortunes”PositiveThe King Under the Mountain: In Search of JRR Tolkien · D.J. Taylor“A witty, irreverent study”