Chloë Sevigny takes Amanda Fortini on a tour of her native Connecticut, taking in her school and her teen hangouts. 

When Douglas Kennedy’s half-drunk father called him “a loser” he emptied his bank account and returned to Ireland where he had studied at Trinity. He’s been more or less travelling since. He explains all to Declan Burke. 

Denis Johnson Harvill & Secker, €15.99; ebook, €10.99

A performance by Elton John sparked outrage among Morocco’s anti-gay conservatives and tested the limits of the country’s modernisation drive.