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Jana Prikryl’s poems wrestle with problems of power and selfhood in a style both fluid and inexorable. The Channel, the poet’s fourth collection and her UK debut, is in deep conversation with King Lear, listening for Cordelia as…
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What happens when politics is everywhere, yet nothing seems to change? From the abandoned dance floors of Thatcher's London to the mass mobilizations of Black Lives Matter, Anton Jager traces how pub lic life has become infused with…
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MARLON JAMES'S TRIUMPHANT RETURN TO THE BOOKER PRIZE-WINNING A BRIEF HISTORY OF SEVEN KILLINGS'Darkness is a mood in Jamaica . . .'The Disappearers is Marlon James's triumphant return to the Jamaica of A Brief History of…
Recommended by John
‘If you haven’t read a James Baldwin yet, here’s a good one to start with. He's as good as everyone says he is – one of the best prose stylists of the twentieth century – sensuous, sinuous and unforgettable.’
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Translated by Jack HargreavesA witty and humane account of one man, multiple jobs and what it means to liveHu AnYan has held nineteen different jobs since he graduated. He’s been a convenience store clerk, a bicycle salesman, a…
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Two friends meet in an art gallery after decades of silence. The idealism that once bound them together fissured and fractured under the weight of collective and personal griefs.Through their memories of youthful certainty, the antagonism…
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In her new cookbook, Michèle Roberts casts her net further afield with handpicked recipes adapted from an array of historical and personal sources. Containing over 170 recipes, many of them introduced with the author’s…
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A little while ago, I told the actor M that I was thinking of writing her autobiography. She liked the idea. She’s a good sport.Would you just make it up? she said. M is a film star, and one of the most recognisable faces of our time.…
Recommended by Gayle
‘Finally I have something to recommend when people ask for a funny book! Heartburn is properly hilarious, like a 200 page stand up set, except less mean, and with more food.’
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