Reviewed in the LRB - Vol. 46 No. 5

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A pianist falls grandly, helplessly in love in this elegant new novella from the twice-Booker Prize winnerThe Pole tells the story of Witold Walczykiewicz, a vigorous, white-haired pianist, who becomes infatuated with Beatriz, a stylish…

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A brilliant, eye-opening work of history that speaks volumes about today’s battles over international trade, immigration, public health and global inequalityBefore the First World War, enthusiasm for a borderless world reached its…

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Brilliantly conceived and majestically written, this monumental work of European history recasts the five-hundred-year history of GermanyWith Germany in the World, award-winning historian David Blackbourn radically revises conventional…

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Bibliophobia is a book about material books, how they are cared for, and how they are damaged, throughout the 5000-year history of writing from Sumeria to the smartphone. Its starting point is the contemporary idea of 'the death of the…

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'Sad, sonorous, occasionally hilarious, an extraordinary first novel' Washington Post'Striking . . . brings sexism and classism into equal focus' The Paris ReviewAdah is a single mother of five, living in a dank, crumbling housing estate…

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'A scorching portrayal of a woman's life . . . the female, feminist counterpart to Things Fall Apart' Bernardine Evaristo'God, when will you create a woman who will be fulfilled in herself, a full human being, not anybody's appendage? ...…

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2024WINNER OF THE WRITERS’ PRIZE FOR FICTION 2024Carmel had been alone all her life. The baby knew this. They looked at each other, and all of time was there. The baby knew how…

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'A deep, engrossing history' The Observer'A fascinating deep dive' Jeremy DellerFrom the illicit reggae blues dances and acid-rock free festivals of the 1970s, through the ecstasy-fuelled Second Summer of Love in 1988, to the increasingly…

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The inside story of Hungary’s descent into autocracy at the hands of Viktor Orbán, told by a former parliamentary ally turned outspoken political opponent.Hungary, once the poster-child of liberal democracy, is fast becoming an…

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Financial Times Best Summer Books of 2023‘Essential reading’ Tony BlairA revelatory, myth-dispelling exploration of China’s juggernaut economyAlthough China’s economy is one of the largest in the world, Western…