Olivia Laing

Olivia Laing

Olivia Laing is a writer and critic. She is the author of Crudo, a Sunday Times top ten bestseller; The Lonely City, shortlisted for the National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism; To the River; and The Trip to Echo Spring. In 2018 she was awarded the Windham Campbell Prize for non-fiction.

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The best books on Summer, recommended by Melissa Harrison

Temperatures ratcheting, tinderbox conditions, a pressure cooker atmosphere… summer is a handy literary shorthand for rising tensions. But in the natural world, summer is a quiet time when the flowers die back and the fruits and seeds are ripening. Here, Melissa Harrison—the novelist, nature writer and podcaster—recommends five of the best summer books, for those who like to read in step with the seasons.

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