Michael Arditti

Water is both the unifying image and the dominant concern of There Are Rivers in the Sky

Conflicting ideals of old-school socialism and modern identity politics are fought out against a background of urban desolation worthy of Dickens

Family Meal focuses on the web of relationships among a group of predominantly black, urban gay men

Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver reviewed

The Magician by Colm Tóibín reviewed