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A vivid cultural of digestion, from ancient Greece to All-Bran

Whether it’s Poirot’s vanity or Nero Wolfe’s agoraphobia, detectives have always had their vices, writes Nick Hilton. But as Inspector Rebus returns to screens for the first time since 2007, should there be a reappraisal of the troubled detective trope?

The Seventies! The decade of flares, chevron moustaches and disco. Well forget all that. In Long Island, Colm Tóibín’s sequel to Fifties-set Brooklyn, it’s frosted glass doors, Vietnam protests on the tele and people suddenly trying to give up ciggies after years of carefree chain-smoking that indicate we have skipped…

Daniel Chacón's short story collection shows how fiction and superstition often mix with reality in the lives of many Chicanos.

Hunted by Abir Mukherjee; Bonehead by Mo Hayder; When We Were Silent by Fiona McPhillips; The Mystery of the Crooked Man by Tom Spencer

The British novelist on rereading the classics, his teenage love of outsiders, and discovering the brilliance of Anita Brookner

It’s been two years since TV’s favourite debutantes graced screens

Blue Sisters, the novelist’s follow-up to her debut Cleopatra and Frankenstein, focuses on death and addiction. She explains how she found her way to a more optimistic story

PEN America gathered Thursday night for its annual gala, a high-profile event raised even higher because some wondered if it would be held at all