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     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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