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A shortlist dominated by American authors is merely the latest literary scandal
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An original work that plays down the economic motives of modern migrants
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The classic bestselling gothic novel explores the murkiest corners of women’s hearts
Two controversial authors take aim at the scare stories — and puncture a few myths on the way
The writer’s wry, companionable late-style infuses this fictionalised memoir
A woman reflects on the sum of her life, via its smallest details
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Prestigious literary award this year places emphasis on new talent at the expense of some esteemed names
A deeply reported account of the Labour radical’s trials and mishaps as party leader reads like a thriller
Sixteen years after ‘Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell’, the novelist has conjured another exquisitely weird world
Human-sized bunnies roam Britain in a dystopian satire on middle-class complacency
The economist talks about transforming his economic opus ‘Capital in the Twenty-First Century’ into a 100-minute film
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Covid-19 response lessons from states that are failing and those that are succeeding
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A mother searches for answers to the death of her son
A farmer’s very personal account of the changing rural landscape is a heartfelt elegy
Diana Darke explores how western architecture owes a great debt to eastern inspiration
A dystopian world separates women via the right to have children in this clever, intriguing novel
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