Summertime blues
Review: The Whole Day Through by Patrick GaleJoanna Briscoe succumbs to a wry, clever, faultlessly crafted mini-soap
Of stilettoes and socialites
Review: The Towering World of Jimmy Choo by Lauren Goldstein Crowe and Sagra Mceira de RosenElizabeth Day finds this portrait of Jimmy Choo a bit wobbly on its feet
She’s lost that loving feeling
Review: The Winter Vault by Anne MichaelsKate Kellaway struggles with the relentlessly intense Anne Michaels
More tease than strip
Review: Gypsy: The Art of the Tease by Rachel Shteir and Stripping Gypsy: The Life of Gypsy Rose Lee by Noralee Frankel Dea Birkett on the revealing life of the 'Queen of Burlesque'
The Last Child
Review: The Last Child by John Hart The Last Child is as satisfying as his previous books, says John O'Connell
Wuthering Heights
Linbury, LondonThis is a ballet for those who have read the novel, says Judith Mackrell
But you’ll have to wait for Godot
Review: The Letters of Samuel Beckett by Lois More OverbeckFilled with stories of exploding shoes and literary feuds, the letters of the young Samuel Beckett also provide insights into his art, writes Peter Conrad
It made me weep but I had to do it
Review: The Seventh Well by Fred WanderJudging the Wingate Prize, Julie Burchill finally had to confront the story of the Shoah
The darker side of George Eliot
Review: George Eliot: Novelist, Lover, Wife by Brenda MaddoxA 'salt and spice' biography revels in the steamier side of the writer's life, but makes precious little mention of her novels, says Mark Bostridge
Fishing in Utopia
Review: Fishing in Utopia by Andrew BrownBrown's description of the Swedish landscape is evocative by Sophie Missing
A connoisseur of naffness
Review: Chocolate and Cuckoo Clocks: The Essential Alan Coren ed. by Giles and Victoria CorenShould you need some cheering up you could do worse than pick this up, says Nicholas Lezard
From aliens to zero-g
Review: Brave New Words: The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction, ed. by Jeff PrucherFrom 'robots' to the 'matrix' this is an indispensable work that is certain to delight fans of the genre, says PD Smith
Internet review: Superheroes Lives
Johnny Dee reckons the best part of the site is the section dedicated to Real-Life Superheroes
The late, great
Review: Chocolate and Cuckoo Clocks: The Essential Alan Coren, edited by Giles Coren and Victoria CorenA well-chosen and quiveringly funny sample of the 'late, great' Alan Coren's comic writing, says James Purdon
Tortured, troubled – Jean Rhys in the raw
Review: The Blue Hour: A Portrait by Jean RhysMark Bostridge finds the novelist colourfully captured