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Arts & Letters
‘The Topeka School’ by Ben Lerner
The American author’s latest novel canvasses the seething hate speech of the burgeoning alt-right and white-boy rap battles in the Midwest
The Art Gallery of NSW’s examination of Japan’s centuries-long artistic traditions depicting the spirit world and the macabre
Bodak moment: Pop’s decade of superstars
Cardi B delivered the song of the decade as a new league of superstars overcame the significance of bands
Agents of chaos: Peter Pomerantsev’s ‘This Is Not Propaganda’
The Russian expat journalist wonders if democracy can survive the internet, as social media is used to promote feelings over facts
Damascene subversion: Christos Tsiolkas’s ‘Damascus’
The literary storyteller’s latest novel wrestles with the mythology of Christianity’s founder, Paul the Apostle
Don’t look back in anger: Liam and Noel Gallagher
As interest in Oasis resurges, talking to the combative brothers recalls their glory years as ‘dirty chancers, stealing riffs instead of Ford Fiestas’
‘The Man Who Saw Everything’ by Deborah Levy
The British author experiments with a narrative structure that collapses past and present
‘The Testaments’ by Margaret Atwood
The Booker Prize–winning sequel to ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ is an exhilarating thriller from the “wiliest writer alive”
‘Civilization: The Way We Live Now’
The beautiful photographs of often grim subjects in NGV Australia’s exhibition raise questions over the medium’s power to critique
Late style: Martin Scorsese’s ‘The Irishman’
Reuniting with De Niro, Pacino and Pesci, the acclaimed director has delivered less of a Mob film than a morality play