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Sonny Boy by Al Pacino review – a great actor’s final word
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Sonny Boy by Al Pacino review – a great actor’s final word

This book is Pacino’s last word on whatever anyone might want to ask him about. Now he can be left alone in peace

‘Alcohol felt like home to us’: A mother and daughter’s story of alcoholism – and how they overcame it
Alcoholism

‘Alcohol felt like home to us’: A mother and daughter’s story of alcoholism – and how they overcame it

Julia Hamilton, 68, and her daughter, Arabella Byrne, 40, have written a book about their experiences with alcoholism

This is the moment I discovered I was born a refugee
Refugees

This is the moment I discovered I was born a refugee

A trip to Calais as a young journalist led Aamna Mohdin to a shocking revelation about her early life

The Light Room by Kate Zambreno review – a staggering breadth of knowledge
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The Light Room by Kate Zambreno review – a staggering breadth of knowledge

Heaven by Emerson Whitney review – a memoir with fearsome grace
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Heaven by Emerson Whitney review – a memoir with fearsome grace

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Top 5 books about women and water, chosen by The Tidal Year author Freya Bromley
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Top 5 books about women and water, chosen by The Tidal Year author Freya Bromley

Freaks Out! by Luke Haines review – a righteous celebration of gloriously weird rock ‘n’ rollers
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Freaks Out! by Luke Haines review – a righteous celebration of gloriously weird rock ‘n’ rollers

Namesake by NS Nuseibeh review – personal insight informed by Islamic myth and culture
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Namesake by NS Nuseibeh review – personal insight informed by Islamic myth and culture

How to Say Babylon by Safiya Sinclair review – a compelling account of the Rastafari movement
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How to Say Babylon by Safiya Sinclair review – a compelling account of the Rastafari movement

Karma by Boy George review – Culture Club singer settles scores
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Karma by Boy George review – Culture Club singer settles scores

The Woman in Me review – Britney Spears finally sets the record straight
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The Woman in Me review – Britney Spears finally sets the record straight

Autumn reads: the best new books to light up the longer nights
Autumn reads

Autumn reads: the best new books to light up the longer nights

How one girl secretly defied Afghanistan’s education ban
Memoir

How one girl secretly defied Afghanistan’s education ban

A Flat Place by Noreen Masud review: Finding a sense of self in landscapes
nature

A Flat Place by Noreen Masud review: Finding a sense of self in landscapes

Charlene White: How judging the British Book Awards rekindled my passion for reading
British Book Awards

Charlene White: How judging the British Book Awards rekindled my passion for reading

Top 5 food memoirs, chosen by Sumayya Usmani
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Top 5 food memoirs, chosen by Sumayya Usmani

Voyager by Nona Fernandez review: Memory as an act of rebellion
memoir

Voyager by Nona Fernandez review: Memory as an act of rebellion

Mogwai guitarist Stuart Braithwaite: ‘Music can make dreams come true’
Books

Mogwai guitarist Stuart Braithwaite: ‘Music can make dreams come true’

What Strange Paradise review: A nine-year-old refugee’s ‘upturned fairytale’
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What Strange Paradise review: A nine-year-old refugee’s ‘upturned fairytale’

Iain Sinclair on The Gold Machine: Drunken priests and fever dreams
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Iain Sinclair on The Gold Machine: Drunken priests and fever dreams

Solito by Javier Zamora review: A beguiling memoir, effortlessly evocative of time and place
Book reviews

Solito by Javier Zamora review: A beguiling memoir, effortlessly evocative of time and place

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Walking Back Home review: Ricky Ross is bracingly honest with the reader and himself
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Walking Back Home review: Ricky Ross is bracingly honest with the reader and himself