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The collected stories of the late John L’Heureux return to the question of how we fail in love
‘Where do I write best? I usually began the books in my home in New Zealand, which is so quiet and calm, with beautiful views to the ocean and islands’
Medea is recast as both victim and survivor in an evocative retelling set in the brutal world of Bronze Age Persia
The author deftly juxtaposes the beauty of aquatic life and the tensions of a family in crisis
A boy’s fate is sealed on a rite-of-passage trip that ends in tragedy
Who would I like to be stuck in a lift with? JM Coetzee. For me he’s the greatest writer alive. He’s extraordinary
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