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Books of the Year
Collected New Statesman articles 1999-2007.
New Statesman, December 2007
Comment: A cosy circle of critics? Nonsense
Last week, the chairman of the Booker Prize judges complained about the nepotistic world of book reviews. But he missed a far greater problem besetting the modern publishing industry.
The Observer, October 21st 2007
Exit Ghost: Philip Roth
No matter which name Philip Roth chooses for his narrators or fictional alter egos, whether it is Nathan Zuckerman, David Kepesh or indeed even, slyly, Philip Roth, they invariably share many of the same urgent preoccupations.
Financial Times, Oct 2007
Golf Dreams
Jason Cowley gave up his golfing ambitions 20 years ago. Now he's back on the course, but finds his biggest challenge is not in the lie of the ball - it's in the lies he told himself about his game.
The Observer, July 1st 2007
Of Music and Silence
Where to locate the music of David Sylvian? His journey from the centre of planet pop to the margins of the avant-garde is certainly one of the most unusual in contemporary music.
World is Everything Tour brochure, 2007
Between the Lines
I thought of the writers by whom I would most like to read a new novel - Roth, JM Coetzee, Ian McEwan, Milan Kundera, Zadie Smith - I never thought of [Cormac] McCarthy. Then I read The Road, his latest, and astounding, novel.
Prospect, June 2007
The politics of excitement
The Blair decade began with an exuberant rush of energy and sense of possibility. How can politics recapture the ability to inspire us? Hard action and clear choices?
New Statesman, May 14th 2007
Why we have fallen for Africa's lost boys
Brutalised, war-ravaged and drugged-up, the child soldiers of Sierra Leone and Sudan have become a shocking symbol of today's violent world.
The Observer, April 29th 2007
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An archive of selected articles by the journalist, columnist and critic, Jason Cowley.
Other articles can be found under the relevant section headings.
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