Books in brief

David McAllister hosts a quick-fire roundup of some of the most interesting books of the month with the writers who reviewed them in <em>Prospect</em>. Sarah Collins discusses Elizabeth's Strout's pandemic novel, <em>Lucy by the Sea </em>while Lucy Thynne tells us about Shehan Karunatilaka’s latest book, <em>The Seven Moons of Maali</em>&nbsp;<em>Almeida. </em>Peter Forbes reviews <em>Prospect</em> science writer Philip Ball's <em>The Book of Minds, </em>while David reviews Murray Pittock's new history <em>Scotland</em>. <br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>