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The Strange Case of Jane O by Karen Thompson Walker review – an impossible tale
3+ hour, 28+ min ago —...The Strange Case of Jane O by Karen Thompson Walker review – an impossible... ...O in the consulting room of Henry Byrd, a New York psychiatrist.... ...Meanwhile, Henry is questioned by a police detective who is investigating... ...The detective has news for Henry: important aspects of Jane’s account...
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This month’s best paperbacks: Elif Shafak, Richard Ayoade and more
3+ hour, 28+ min ago —...s first prime minister, Patrice Lumumba, was overthrown and murdered... ...Gabriel’s Moon William Boyd Shortly after leading the Democratic...
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Miranda July and Elizabeth Strout shortlisted for the Women’s prize for fiction
1+ hour, 31+ min ago —...by Elizabeth Strout (Viking) The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden... ...Dutch writer Yael van der Wouden’s debut novel The Safekeep, which... ..., Somewhere Else by Jenni Daiches, Amma by Saraid de Silva, Crooked... ...by Rose Ruane and The Artist by Lucy Steeds....
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Story of a Murder by Hallie Rubenhold review: the real Cora Crippen
1+ hour, 59+ min ago —..., Crippen and his secretary Ethel Le Neve fled to Canada in disguise... ...Story of a Murder by Hallie Rubenhold review: the real Cora Crippen... ...Even Capt Kendall, who can’t possibly have met her, described Cora...
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Bullaun Press wins Republic of Consciousness prize for ‘rollicking picaresque’ novel
9+ hour ago —...Bélem, translated from French by Karen Fleetwood and Laëtitia Saint-Loubert... ...The book’s publisher, Bullaun Press, was set up in 2021 by Bridget... ...Brazilian writer Ana Paula Maia, translated by Zoë Perry.... ...by John Keene and Influx Press for Attrib. and other stories by...
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Children and teens roundup – the best new chapter books
1+ day, 30+ min ago —...thriller and more adventures on the Thames with Jessie BurtonBefore... ...thriller and more adventures on the Thames with Jessie Burton Before... ...In The Line They Drew Through Us (Andersen), Hiba Noor Khan attempts... ...The Thames features in Miniaturist author Jessie Burton’s third book...
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Story of a Murder by Hallie Rubenhold review – engrossing retelling of ‘the crime of the century’...
22+ hour, 31+ min ago —...when Hawley Harvey Crippen, a homeopathic doctor, met and married... ...a nurse, Charlotte Bell, in New York.... ...swindlers”, and falls for his new typist, 27-year-old Ethel Le Neve...
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Authors call for UK government to hold Meta accountable for copyright infringement
1+ day, 15+ hour ago —...Richard Osman, Kazuo Ishiguro, Kate Mosse and Val McDermid have... ...prominent authors including Richard Osman, Kazuo Ishiguro, Kate Mosse... ...The statement, written by the Society of Authors (SoA), was published... ...response to allegations that they have engaged in wholesale copyright infringement...
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Gatsby by Jane Crowther; The Gatsby Gambit by Claire Anderson-Wheeler – Jay’s eternal hold
1+ day, 20+ hour ago —...Gatsby by Jane Crowther; The Gatsby Gambit by Claire Anderson-Wheeler... ...ChristieIt might seem unfathomable to us now, but F Scott Fitzgerald... ...Nonetheless, it’s striking that Jane Crowther’s Gatsby and Claire... ...Our sleuth is Jay Gatsby’s invented little sister Greta, who arrives...
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38 Londres Street: On Impunity, Pinochet in England and a Nazi in Patagonia by Philippe Sands review – war crimes revisited...
1+ day, 22+ hour ago —...Augusto Pinochet This is the concluding part of Philippe Sands’s... ...In East West Street he recounted the plight of Lviv, the city now... ...Part of a South America-wide and US-backed campaign, known as Operation... ...a Chilean officer named Augusto Pinochet, before taking his new...