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Tibor Fischer

Powerful stuff: I can’t wait for the sequel
The novel in verse is nothing new, but Homer's Iliad is fast-paced and full of surprises
Tibor Fischer

Novel approach
The five Ancient Greek romances that have made it down to us in their entirety are an enigma
Tibor Fischer

A currency to make bankers cry
Bitcoin is a fascinating hybrid: part cult, part asset, part business enterprise, part currency, part fad—and it appeals to the best and worst of human nature
Tibor Fischer

How the truth can set you free
Jordan Peterson is erudite and well read but 12 Rules for Life has much of the tenor of a typical self-help book
Tibor Fischer

Hopes and fears of all the years
The little town of Bethlehem has been irrevocably linked with Western visions of the Holy Land, but Nicholas Blincoe shows there is much more to its history
Tibor Fischer

Dead horse, the flogging of
A collection of Martin Amis's essays caresses the bottom of the barrel
Tibor Fischer

America’s First Lady Of Letters
Gertrude Himmelfarb's essays are impressively erudite and wide-ranging
Tibor Fischer

A Sponger’s Ticket To The Finland Station
The irony of Lenin, Victor Sebestyan's biography reveals, is that he was profoundly bourgeois
Tibor Fischer

Sound, Fury and Not Much Else
Slovenia's second most famous export, Slavoj Žižek, gets full marks for effort, but his 1970s dialectic seems a bit retro
Tibor Fischer

American Nightmare
Lionel Shriver's latest novel is a a speculative spin on the disintegration of the United States
Tibor Fischer

Underrated: Abroad
The ravenous longing for the infinite possibilities of “otherwhere”
Stephen Bayley

The king of cakes
"Yuletide revels were designed to see you through the dark days — and how dark they seem today"
Carolyn Hart

A tripod in the sky
The view from above
Christian House
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