Reviewed in the LRB - Vol. 47 No. 13
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A groundbreaking history of how the ‘war on terror’ changed virtually every aspect of American life, from the nature of citizenship to the cars Americans bought and the TV they watchedFor twenty years…
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A history of political satire in English literature from its Roman foundations to the present daySatire is a funny, aggressive, and largely oppositional literature which is typically created by people who refuse to participate in a given…
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Foreword by Colm TóibínAn erotic nightmare of Catholic longing, guilt, and desire and a banned classic of modern Irish literature.Wealthy and devout, Michael and Julia Glynn are the envy of their neighbors and the model Irish…
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A comprehensive look at how slavery and resistance to it have shaped Yale University “The most mature examination ever made of the role of slavery in a university’s past.”—John Samuel Harpham, Times…
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The gripping story of the siege of Khartoum and Britain's extraordinarily bloody 1882 campaign in Egypt and SudanIn the 1880s, control over northeastern Africa was a political minefield into which Prime Minister Gladstone did not want to…
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During the 1960s, America is in turmoil: faced with rising crime, social upheaval, sexual deviancy, and civic unrest, blame increasingly falls on the pressures of overpopulation. The stress of city life is driving everyone mad. Enter John…
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“Brilliant. . . . An absorbing read and a potent lesson in moral behavior—both of rodents and of humans.”—Deborah Blum, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Poison Squad • “A fascinating…
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‘Tulathimutte is a pervert, a madman and a stone-cold genius’ Carmen Maria Machado‘A thrill for the sickos among us’ JIA TOLENTINO‘Utterly inimitable’ RAVEN LEILANI‘Unrelentingly brutal and…
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'A masterpiece' from the winner of The 2023 Folio Prize'A genre-busting inquiry into life and art, youth and Virginia Woolf' Guardian, Books to Look Forward to 2025'Michelle de Kretser is a genius - one of the best writers working…
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