The Marriage Question by Clare Carlisle review – the lives and loves of George Eliot
A philosopher examines the meaning of relationships in the great novelist’s life and books
The Age of Innocence review – Scorsese’s brilliant tragedy of New York society manners
Daniel Day-Lewis and Michelle Pfeiffer are powerfully matched as guilty lovers in an Edith Wharton adaptation that bears comparison with Hollywood’s golden age classics
The Hopeful Hat by Carole Satyamurti review – somewhere towards the end
In this posthumous collection, the poet explores losing the power of speech and her final days with grace and wit
Marlowe review – worldweary Liam Neeson makes for low-energy private eye
Raymond Chandler’s gumshoe hero is resurrected in this period adaptation of a novel by John Banville – a film that looks good but lacks a spark
Lives of the Wives by Carmela Ciuraru review – literary couples a breed apart
The author raids memoirs and letters but adds little of her own in this juicy group biography of writers’ marriages
Ten Birds That Changed the World by Stephen Moss review – our vexed relationship with our feathered friends
From the guanay cormorant to the tree sparrow, the writer shows how consistently humans get birds wrong
Dr No by Percival Everett review – something out of nothing
Narrated by a mathematician, the American author’s antic shaggy dog story may disappoint fans of last year’s The Trees, but he knows exactly what he is doing
In brief: Don’t Think, Dear; My Nemesis; Handmade – reviews
A thoughtful memoir casts a critical eye on ballet, a gripping novel digs deep into feminine rivalry and a bracing manifesto extols the virtue of woodcraft
Furies: Stories of the Wicked, Wild and Untamed review – a slick and starry collection of short stories
Tackling gendered insults head on, A-list authors deliver a smart anthology of fun and fearless tales to celebrate Virago’s 50th birthday
The Collaborators by Ian Buruma review – intriguing study of the frenemy within
The writer digs deep into the often deceptive history of three people who conspired with their oppressors in this fascinating if disjointed examination of moral ambiguity
In Memoriam by Alice Winn review – a vivid rendering of love and frontline brutality in the first world war
Conflict is seen through the lens of a schoolboy love affair in Winn’s devastating debut novel
Who Gets Believed? by Dina Nayeri – why asylum seekers struggle to be understood
For the author of The Ungrateful Refugee, all the world’s a stage; its gatekeepers – immigration officers, courts, cops – incredulous audiences that the most vulnerable have to convince
Masquerade: The Lives of Noël Coward by Oliver Soden review – the man in the ironic mask
A lively, affectionate but far from adulatory new biography of the playwright marks the 50th anniversary of his death and draws on unpublished letters and diaries to expose a painful private life obscured by success
It’s OK to be Angry about Capitalism review: Bernie Sanders, by the book
The Vermont senator and former presidential candidate offers a clarion call against the American oligarchs
Dazzling by Chikodili Emelumadu review – an otherworldly vision of Nigeria
A boarding school is the backdrop for a metaphysical journey in this magical-realist debut