In Geoff Ryman’s novels, everyone is important. ‘The King’s Last Song’ tells us about Jayavarman, the Khmer king who gave up the pursuit of sainthood to unify his country,...
Grushin sets her laudable debut novel in mid-’80s Moscow, when the threadbare Soviet economy is awaiting with baited breath the impact of Gorbachev’s perestroika. Anatoly Pavlovich...
