Vera, or Faith by Gary Shteyngart; The Expansion Project by Ben Pester; Good and Evil and Other Stories by Samanta Schweblin
ROUND pegs in square holes are given voice in this summer’s fiction. In Vera, or Faith by Gary Shteyngart (Atlantic Books, £16.99 (£15.29);978-1-83895-880-0), ten-year-old Vera observes her blended family of Russian Jewish…