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Father Figure by Emma Forrest review – a slippery tale of teenage obsession

silverguide.site – Bristling with sexual, political and emotional angst, this finely tuned coming-of-age tale thrives on the grey areas of adolescence…
Father Figure by Emma Forrest review – a slippery tale of teenage obsession

The Parallel Path by Jenn Ashworth review – a soul-searching walk across England

silverguide.site – Forget the Salt Path – this writer’s introspective journey provides genuine food for thought…
The Parallel Path by Jenn Ashworth review – a soul-searching walk across England

‘Coupledom is very oppressing’: Swedish author Gun-Britt Sundström on the revival of her cult anti-marriage novel

silverguide.site – As her million-selling 70s novel, Engagement, is translated into English for the first time, the Swedish author talks about life at 80, finding the ideal love, and why her generation were freer than today’s young people…
‘Coupledom is very oppressing’: Swedish author Gun-Britt Sundström on the revival of her cult anti-marriage novel

Should we ban opinion polls?

silverguide.site – They claim to reflect public sentiment. But they’re better thought of as just another species of misinformation…
Should we ban opinion polls?

‘Literature has completely changed my life’: footballer Héctor Bellerín’s reading list

silverguide.site – Former Arsenal player wins admiration for his taste in books, but admits one novel defeated him…
‘Literature has completely changed my life’: footballer Héctor Bellerín’s reading list

‘My parents got me out of Soviet Russia at the right time. Should my family now leave the US?’

silverguide.site – When he left the Soviet Union for a new life in America, the novelist never imagined he would live under another authoritarian regime. Then Trump got back into power ... Is it time to move again?…
‘My parents got me out of Soviet Russia at the right time. Should my family now leave the US?’

The Rev John Heywood Thomas obituary

silverguide.site – Other lives: Theologian of note and proud champion of the Welsh language…
The Rev John Heywood Thomas obituary

The best recent crime and thrillers – roundup

silverguide.site – Not Quite Dead Yet by Holly Jackson; Kill Your Darlings by Peter Swanson; The Good Liar by Denise Mina; The Hole by Hye-Young Pyun; Gunner by Alan Parks…
The best recent crime and thrillers – roundup

Remember When by Fiona Phillips review – an unsparing insight into early-onset Alzheimer’s

silverguide.site – The journalist’s memoir of events leading up to her diagnosis, aged 61, is a moving account of a life slowly unravelling…
Remember When by Fiona Phillips review – an unsparing insight into early-onset Alzheimer’s

Death and the Gardener by Georgi Gospodinov review – how it feels to lose a father

silverguide.site – The International Booker winner explores Bulgarian family life under communism in this moving depiction of a son’s bereavement…
Death and the Gardener by Georgi Gospodinov review – how it feels to lose a father

New book sheds light on Lincoln’s misunderstood killer: ‘He’s not that person at all’

silverguide.site – In Midnight on the Potomac, author Scott Ellsworth looks back at the tumultuous last year of the US civil war…
New book sheds light on Lincoln’s misunderstood killer: ‘He’s not that person at all’

Is the veracity of memoirs that important? | Letters

silverguide.site – Letters: Readers respond to the controversy surrounding The Salt Path, whose author has been accused of blurring the truth…
Is the veracity of memoirs that important? | Letters

David Boyle obituary

silverguide.site – Political economist and author who promoted ideas such as time banks and community sharing…
David Boyle obituary

Woody Allen to publish his first novel

silverguide.site – The controversial film-maker has previously written short stories and essays but this story about a middle-aged Jewish author whose marriage is on the rocks is his first published novel…
Woody Allen to publish his first novel

Cure by Katherine Brabon review – moments of grace in meditation on chronic illness

silverguide.site – Doubles and reflections abound in this subtle exploration of the stories we tell about sickness, centring on a mother and daughter who travel to Italy in search of healing…
Cure by Katherine Brabon review – moments of grace in meditation on chronic illness

The Sleep Room by Jon Stock review – the psychiatrist who abused female patients

silverguide.site – This harrowing account of a British doctor and his shocking experiments on young women includes a testimony from the actor Celia Imrie, who was one of his patients…
The Sleep Room by Jon Stock review – the psychiatrist who abused female patients

The Sisterhood of Ravensbrück by Lynne Olson review – surviving an all-female concentration camp

silverguide.site – The extraordinary story of the women who fought to bring their Nazi persecutors to justice…
The Sisterhood of Ravensbrück by Lynne Olson review – surviving an all-female concentration camp

Pan by Michael Clune review – a stunning debut of teen psychosis

silverguide.site – This wild ride of a novel is remarkable for the honesty of its treatment of both mental illness and adolescence…
Pan by Michael Clune review – a stunning debut of teen psychosis

CIA historian Tim Weiner: ‘Trump has put national security in the hands of crackpots and fools’

silverguide.site – The longtime chronicler of the spy agency on his Legacy of Ashes follow-up and what keeps him up at night…
CIA historian Tim Weiner: ‘Trump has put national security in the hands of crackpots and fools’

‘He didn’t think he was a good man’: new book reveals unseen portrait of JFK

silverguide.site – In an exhaustively researched book, J Randy Taraborrelli looks at the private, public and secret lives of the president…
‘He didn’t think he was a good man’: new book reveals unseen portrait of JFK
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