Carl Hiaasen: ‘My humour has always come from anger’
Carl Hiaasen, the veteran Americian satirist, talks to Euan Ferguson about vacuous fame, the curse of the paparazzi and the lure of Sarah Palin
The African Queen – review
John Huston's adventure yarn starring Katharine Hepburn and Humphrey Bogart has been spruced up for its 50th anniversary – and is still fantastic, writes Peter Bradshaw
The Cypress House by Michael Koryta – review
Alison Flood enjoys an intricate supernatural thriller set in 1930s Florida
Anthony Hopkins in talks to play Alfred Hitchcock
Actor reportedly in negotiations to portray legendary director in big screen account of the making of Psycho
The Facility by Simon Lelic – review
The Britain created in Simon Lelic's dystopian tale just doesn't ring true, writes Edmund Gordon
Do No Harm by Carol Topolski – review
A practising psychoanalyst writes with authority and power about a good doctor gone very very bad, says Alison Flood
Bond 23 confirmed: Daniel Craig back as 007 in new film
James Bond returns to mark 50th anniversary of Dr No after surviving his toughest test ever: the bankruptcy of MGM Studios
The Convent by Panos Karnezis – review
Panos Karnezis's whodunnit set in a convent is a memorable mystery, says James Purdon
1222 by Anne Holt – review
The acerbic sleuth Hanne Wilhelmsen, snowed in on a Norwegian mountainside, would surely recognise her debt to Hercule Poirot, says Alison Flood
Why western authors are in love with Mother Russia
Novelists from Le Carré to Amis have an obsession with Russia. Small wonder: it's fertile territory for fiction, says AD Miller
Are Stieg Larsson and Dan Brown a match for literary fiction?
Novelist Edward Docx argues that genre fiction can't compete with works of true literary merit
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo director lashes out at US remake
Neils Arden Oplev criticises casting of American actor in lead role of Lisbeth Salander in American version of Swedish film
Swedish Girl With the Dragon Tattoo director attacks Hollywood remake
Niels Arden Oplev says that Noomi Rapace, star of his original film, should not be overlooked as Stieg Larsson's heroine hacker Lisbeth Salander
Fleming estate cuts out Penguin as James Bond goes digital
Robert McCrum: Penguin may be unimpressed but Bond's owners have made a shrewd move, licensing ebook rights to Ian Fleming Publications
Stieg Larsson, My Friend by Kurdo Baksi – review
Stieg Larsson was a notoriously private man, so this biography provides sustenance for fans still mourning his loss, says Rosie Swash