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ESSAY
May 24, 2013
Known as the ‘psychiatric bible’, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders appears in a fifth edition this month. Talitha Stevenson explores the controversies surrounding its release
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NON-FICTION
May 24, 2013
Portraits of the famous and the obscure reveal a dream in decline. A review of ‘The Unwinding’, by George Packer
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FICTION
May 24, 2013
Simon Schama enjoys James Salter’s new novel - but prefers his ‘perfect’ short stories. A review of ‘All That Is’ and ‘Collected Stories
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May 24, 2013
A former British minister and retailer makes the case for an activist state. A review of ‘Progressive Capitalism’, by David Sainsbury
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FICTION
May 24, 2013
A short story collection set in a 1950s kibbutz. Rebecca Abrams reviews ‘Between Friends’, by Amos Oz
NON-FICTION
May 24, 2013
An old-fashioned literary exchange enlightens and entertains. Ian Thomson reviews ‘Here and Now’, by Paul Auster and JM Coetzee
FICTION
May 24, 2013
A year of playground politics. Isabel Berwick reviews ‘The Hive’, by Gill Hornby
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May 24, 2013
A physicist argues that time is the only constant. A review of ‘Time Reborn’, by Lee Smolin
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FICTION
May 24, 2013
A tale that explores the instability of memory. Maria Crawford reviews ‘A Box Of Birds’, by Charles Fernyhough
NON-FICTION
May 24, 2013
AN Wilson enjoys an aristocratic family chronicle – as far as it goes. A review of ‘The Devonshires’, by Roy Hattersley