Tolstoy, Steinbeck, Defoe – why are so many turning to classic novels?
As sales of literary heavyweights soar, Booker winner Penelope Lively says that getting lost in a good book is now more relevant than it has ever been
July 2010
Book club
Guardian book club: John Mullan meets Penelope Lively
The author of the Booker-winning novel Moon Tiger, Penelope Lively, discusses the genesis of her heroine and more at the Guardian book club
May 2010
Book club
Moon Tiger by Penelope Lively
Book club
Moon Tiger by Penelope Lively
Book club
Moon Tiger by Penelope Lively
Book club
Moon Tiger by Penelope Lively
April 2010
Book club
Guardian Review book club with Penelope Lively
See the acclaimed novelist talking to John Mullan about her 1987 Booker prize winner Moon Tiger on 11 May at Kings Place
March 2010
Booker club
Booker club: Moon Tiger
Sam Jordison: Ludicrously patronised by reviewers, Penelope Lively's novel is actually one of the very best Booker winners ever
August 2001
'I'm not a historian but I can get obsessively interested in the past'
Robert McCrum interviews Penelope Lively about her life as an author, having won the Booker Prize in 1987 for Moon Tiger, and her new book, A House Unlocked
