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Fight Night by Miriam Toews review: The funniest, smartest novel you’ll read this year
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Fight Night by Miriam Toews review: The funniest, smartest novel you’ll read this year

Ben Okri: ‘War taught me as a kid that there is no certainty in this world’
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Ben Okri: ‘War taught me as a kid that there is no certainty in this world’

The Wonders by Elena Medel review: a gripping portrayal of poverty and powerlessness
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The Wonders by Elena Medel review: a gripping portrayal of poverty and powerlessness

Harrow by Joy Williams review: A nihilistic vision of a joyless future
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Harrow by Joy Williams review: A nihilistic vision of a joyless future

Limbic by Peter Scalpello review: the dark side of queer writing
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Limbic by Peter Scalpello review: the dark side of queer writing

Chilean Poet by Alejandro Zambra review: A dazzling jewel from a true original
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Chilean Poet by Alejandro Zambra review: A dazzling jewel from a true original

Our Country Friends by Gary Shteyngart review: a contemporary literary hoot
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Our Country Friends by Gary Shteyngart review: a contemporary literary hoot

How I wrote Tides: A novelist’s search for solitude
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How I wrote Tides: A novelist’s search for solitude

Why Māori women in New Zealand are disproportionately likely to be homeless
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Why Māori women in New Zealand are disproportionately likely to be homeless

Author Scott Anderson on the last CIA survivor of the Cold War
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Author Scott Anderson on the last CIA survivor of the Cold War

International Women’s Day: 50 feminist books to smash the patriarchy
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International Women’s Day: 50 feminist books to smash the patriarchy

How Henry Dunant, founder of the Red Cross, staged his own rehabilitation
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How Henry Dunant, founder of the Red Cross, staged his own rehabilitation

The Imposter by Silvina Ocampo review: A glorious, unexpected joy
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The Imposter by Silvina Ocampo review: A glorious, unexpected joy

The independent bookshops that launched in a pandemic
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The independent bookshops that launched in a pandemic

Lemn Sissay: ‘It has been a hard journey at times, but it has also been a great one’
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Lemn Sissay: ‘It has been a hard journey at times, but it has also been a great one’

The Kids by Hannah Lowe review: Poetry that sings from the page
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The Kids by Hannah Lowe review: Poetry that sings from the page

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What author and neurologist Ian Bone wants people to understand about epilepsy
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What author and neurologist Ian Bone wants people to understand about epilepsy

To Paradise by Hanya Yanagihara review: An evocative novel about echoes, cycles, and regrets
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To Paradise by Hanya Yanagihara review: An evocative novel about echoes, cycles, and regrets

Love Marriage by Monica Ali review: A novel of immense brightness
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Love Marriage by Monica Ali review: A novel of immense brightness

‘Evil’ or ‘planet struck’: How the curious ways we described deaths in the past shaped how we live now
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‘Evil’ or ‘planet struck’: How the curious ways we described deaths in the past shaped how we live now