The Mule by David Quantick review – a comedy thriller from The Thick of It writer
This original and intriguing story about a hapless translator on the trail of a mysterious book just isn’t bizarre enough
November 2014
The Murdstone Trilogy by Mal Peet review – joyful satire of the fantasy genre
In his first book for adults, the children’s author demonstrates a Pratchettian vigour and invention . By Harry Ritchie
April 2014
Books blog
The Bad Grammar awards are prize stupidity
Right-wing and wrong-headed, this smug exercise is fuelled by ignorance disguised as knowledge
March 2014
A Million Ways to Die in the West, review – Seth MacFarlane's first novel
The highest-paid TV writer in history has written a weird western that had Harry Ritchie ploughing through brothel scenes with the glum doggedness he usually reserves for tax returns
December 2013
It's time to challenge the notion that there is only one way to speak English
Why do we persist in thinking that standard English is right, when it is spoken by only 15% of the British population? Linguistics-loving Harry Ritchie blames Noam Chomsky
September 2013
The Unknowns by Gabriel Roth – review
The intricately mapped territory of the nerdy but lustful hero is given a 21st-century makeover in this impressive debut, writes Harry Ritchie
May 2013
The Humans by Matt Haig – review
An alien at Cambridge University? In the body of a distinguished professor of mathematics? Harry Ritchie on a hilarious reworking of a familiar theme
November 2012
A Blink of the Screen by Terry Pratchett – review
Harry Ritchie on Terry Pratchett's briefs
March 2012
The Man Who Forgot His Wife by John O'Farrell – review
