Nothing, says ANDY HEDGECOCK, can rescue this undistinguished amalgam of ponderous melodrama and shallow philosophical speculation
Bibliography of the Communist Party of Great Britain, by Dave Cope (Lawrence and Wishart, £45)
THIS is the first attempt to date by anyone to compile a comprehensive catalogue of publications issued by the Communist Party over its lifetime.
Based on meticulous research over many years, Dave Cope’s work is fascinatingly detailed.
MATTHEW HAWKINS welcomes an engaging and nourishing account of the queer subculture that flourished in London between WWII and partial decriminalisation
BEN CHACKO unpicks the significance of the discovery, in 2015, of ancient texts about Confucius. Was he simply a teacher, or a philosopher, statesman and saint?
FIONA O’CONNOR questions the achievement of this year’s Orwell prize winner for political fiction
GORDON PARSONS is intrigued by a biography of the Marxist intellectual and author, made from the point of view of his son



