From Sophocles to Shirley Jackson, the novelist chooses the best depictions of the pain and comedy that come with our closest relativesWill Eaves is the author of three novels, The Oversight (2001), Nothing To Be Afraid Of (2005) and This Is Paradise (2012). His chapbook of poems, Small Hours, appeared in 2006. A full collection, Sound Houses, followed last year. For many years he was the arts editor of The Times Lit…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:38AM on February 15, 2012