Socialist Review (New Zealand) asked some left-wing writers for their picks from 2013.

'...Finally, if you want a novel, try Leo Zeilig, Eddie The Kid (Zero Books). It is the story of a leftist (sometimes ultra-leftist) activist in the anti-war movement and the terrible complexities of his family life. It is often very funny (Zeilig can laugh at the left, even though his commitment is unquestioned) but also sometimes profoundly sad.'

Ian Birchall has been a revolutionary socialist activist, historian, and translator in Britain for five decades