‘Tenderly Flirting’, an illustration by Hugh Thomson ©Paula Byrne ESSAY Jan 11, 2013

Pride and Prejudice - and politics

As Jane Austen’s best-loved novel turns 200, Paula Byrne looks at its roots in the great events of the author’s time

US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, left, and Ben Bernanke, chairman of the Federal Reserve, appear before Congress in March 2009 ©New York Times/Eyevine NON-FICTION Jan 11, 2013

The financial crisis explained

John McDermott reviews Alan Blinder’s ‘After the Music Stopped: the Financial Crisis, the Response, and the Work Ahead’

An illustration of Slaughterhouse Village by Toby Whitebread ©Toby Whitebread FICTION Jan 11, 2013

Appetite for corruption

A story of unbridled rapacity mirrors China’s path to modernisation. Krys Lee reviews ‘Pow!’, by Mo Yan

NON-FICTION Jan 11, 2013

Not what the doctor ordered

Despite his huge success, Jonathan Miller is haunted by his decision to abandon medicine. Roger Lewis reviews ‘In Two Minds’, by Kate Bassett

FICTION Jan 11, 2013

Promised land

One family’s struggle in 20th-century America. Maria Crawford reviews ‘The Twelve Tribes of Hattie’, by Ayana Mathis

The Monday Review

cover of Misunderstanding Financial Crises by Gary Gorton

Gary Gorton’s ‘Misunderstanding Financial Crises’ pins the blame on blind faith and faulty models

Small talk

Nick Laird

Nick Laird: Who might I choose to play me in a film? Adam Scott, who people say I look like, and Gonzo

NON-FICTION Jan 11, 2013

Money for nothing

Why did efforts to aid Haiti following the 2010 earthquake end up doing so little good? Andrew Jack reviews ‘The Big Truck That Went By’, by Jonathan Katz

NON-FICTION Jan 11, 2013

Sex, drugs and demagoguery

A biography of Gabriele d’Annunzio, an Italian poet-aviator and prototype Fascist. Ian Thomson reviews ‘The Pike’, by Lucy Hughes-Hallett

FICTION Jan 11, 2013

In brief

David Evans reviews ‘The Gurkha’s Daughter’, by Prajwal Parajuly, and ‘How to Be a Good Wife’, by Emma Chapman

Village children with painted faces ©Natalie Behring/Panos NON-FICTION Jan 4, 2013

‘The World Until Yesterday’

Cures for modern ills in less developed societies. Stephen Cave reviews ‘The World Until Yesterday’, by Jared Diamond

An illustration of dysfunctional people by Amanda Hutt ©Amanda Hutt FICTION Jan 4, 2013

‘Tenth of December’ by George Saunders

Tales of a dysfunctional America redeemed by kindness. Ludovic Hunter-Tilney reviews ‘Tenth of December’, by George Saunders

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