Tom Layward, the narrator and main character of Ben Markovits' new novel, The Rest of Our Lives, introduces himself in a curious way: On the very first page of the book, he talks, matter-of-factly, ...
The midlife crisis remains a rich vein for novelists, even as its sufferers skew ever older. In Ben Markovits' 12th novel,The Rest of Our Lives -- which was a finalist for this year's Booker ...