In November, the Book Review Book Club will read and discuss Maggie O’Farrell’s historical tear-jerker, about a death that shaped Shakespeare.

Penned by author Maggie O’Farrell, Hamnet is one of the best-selling novels of the 2020s, selling over 2 million copies worldwide. It is a historical fiction that re-imagines the life and death of ...

I had been taught about Hamlet for most of my schooling career. It is the story of the Danish prince but was written after the death of William Shakespeare’s son. I knew the tale. Yet nothing could ...