The Great Gatsby author had every intention of seeing them printed, but some of the works touched on subject matters just too controversial for his day. When he died, F Scott Fitzgerald left behind a stack of unpublished stories that have remained unread for almost 80 years. Out now I’d Die For You: And Other Lost Stories by F. Joshua Ferris, the Dylan Thomas prize-winning author of To Rise Again at a Decent Hour, publishes his first collection of short stories, which is fast-becoming one of the most anticipated books of 2017.Ĭomprising 11 tales, some originally published in the New Yorker, the Dinner Party explores an array of emotions from a deeply human perspective.įerris's subjects vary from marriage and ambition to the very modern condition of Fomo (fear of missing out), with his sprawling narratives featuring prostitutes, pizza, a life-saving heart attack and an existential crisis triggered by a spring breeze.Ĭovering family hunting trips to pro-life sit-ins, the result, Vogue says it is "an autobiography that is by turns hysterically funny and deeply poignant" while Business Insider UK praises the "poetically precise language and darkly hilarious observations spark zingers that will make you rethink your own childhood indoctrinations".
Out now The Dinner Party by Joshua Ferris Varoufakis is a master of clarity and, as Theresa May prepares to steer the good ship GB through the dangerous shoals of Brexit, this is an invaluable account of how the political establishment really works. According to Varoufakis, Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy knew the bailout would fail but did it anyway to save the French and German banks. The result is a fascinating reveal on the hidden world of what he calls the "deep establishment" – a labyrinth of intractable officials and backhanded dealings, not least the disastrous Greek bailout itself. Varoufakis, a firebrand economist who ultimately resigned from the left-wing government in 2015, describes his Sisyphean struggle to renegotiate his country's relationship with the EU.
The Greek former finance minister's latest book only came out on 3 May but already it's been called "one of the greatest political memoirs of all time" by The Guardian. With everything from the latest award-winners to the sleeper hits, here are the must-read books you can't afford to miss from last year: Adults In The Room: My Battle With Europe’s Deep Establishment, by Yanis Varoufakis
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