Breaking with tradition

Review: The Paper Moon by Andrea Camilleri, translated by Stephen SartarelliThoughts of mortality prey on Montalbano's mind, which is hardly surprising since his creator is well into his 80s, writes Joanna Hines

Artificial Snow

Review: Artificial Snow by Florian ZellerThe writing is deft and humorous says Helen Zaltzman

All the young dudes back in their salad days

Exhibition review: Martin Amis and Friends, National Portrait Gallery, London WC2There's a nostalgic charm in a series of intimate portraits of Martin Amis and friends, says Lynn Barber

Still we get the same old gruel

It's already a smash hit, but this telly-hyped Oliver! just reheats tired clichés that belong in the 1960s, says Susannah Clapp

Review: The Presence

Review: The Presence by Dannie AbseThis collection of tentative memoir and meditation proves an unexpected victory, says Robert Collins

The lust to write

Review: Reborn: Early Diaries, 1947-64 by Susan SontagSusan Sontag's early journals give a fascinating insight into the growth of an original mind, says Sarah Churchwell

Mountain man

Review: A Passion for Nature: The Life of John Muir by Donald WorsterMark Cocker on the contradictory life of a pioneering conservationist

Final acts

Review: Somewhere towards the End by Diana AthillYoung and old alike will be moved by Diana Athill's sharp-witted musings says Aimee Shalan

Parallel lives

Review: The Clan Corporate by Charles StrossThe third book in the Merchant Princes series has some startling plot twists, says Eric Brown

Three Women

Jermyn Street, LondonSylvia Plath's rawness gets lost in tinkling piano music, says Lyn Gardner