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Good People by Patmeena Sabit review – addictive mystery caters to modern attention spans

silverguide.site – Who killed Zorah? Snippets of gossip expose the divisions in a migrant community in this polyphonic portrait of contemporary America…
Good People by Patmeena Sabit review – addictive mystery caters to modern attention spans

The Uncool by Cameron Crowe audiobook review – memoir of an awestruck insider

silverguide.site – The film-maker and author narrates this vivid account of his wide-eyed adventures as young music journalist in 70s America, hanging out with heroes from David Bowie to Led Zeppelin…
The Uncool by Cameron Crowe audiobook review – memoir of an awestruck insider

Soft Serve by George Kemp review – moving coming-of-age debut set in a regional McDonald’s

silverguide.site – Climate carnage is a metaphor for the pain of loss, as an encroaching bushfire traps three mourning teenagers under the golden arches…
Soft Serve by George Kemp review – moving coming-of-age debut set in a regional McDonald’s

Super Nintendo by Keza MacDonald review – a joyful celebration of the gaming giant

silverguide.site – A portrait of the company whose ‘toymaker philosophy’ stands in contrast to the tech giants that rule our lives…
Super Nintendo by Keza MacDonald review – a joyful celebration of the gaming giant

The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother) by Rabih Alameddine review – drag fabulousness in war-torn Beirut

silverguide.site – Spanning eras of conflict and Covid in Lebanon, this irresistible queer coming-of-age tale explores what it means to be truly free…
The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother) by Rabih Alameddine review – drag fabulousness in war-torn Beirut

Cees Nooteboom, Dutch author, dies aged 92

silverguide.site – Nooteboom made international breakthrough with his 1980 novel Rituals and won acclaim for his travel writing…
Cees Nooteboom, Dutch author, dies aged 92

Arundhati Roy and Sarah Perry longlisted for Women’s prize for nonfiction

silverguide.site – Sixteen authors – including Lea Ypi, Lyse Doucet and Barbara Demick – are in contention for the £30,000 award, launched to address a historic gender imbalance in nonfiction prizes…
Arundhati Roy and Sarah Perry longlisted for Women’s prize for nonfiction

This month’s best paperbacks: Susan Choi, Sarah Perry and more

silverguide.site – Looking for a new reading recommendation? Here are some fantastic new paperbacks, from a Facebook exposé to a globetrotting family saga…
This month’s best paperbacks: Susan Choi, Sarah Perry and more

Stay Alive: Berlin 1939-45 by Ian Buruma – how Berliners defied their Nazi masters

silverguide.site – An immersive account of how the inhabitants of a liberal city – including the author’s father – survived fascism…
Stay Alive: Berlin 1939-45 by Ian Buruma – how Berliners defied their Nazi masters

‘A cultural icon’: axed Australian literary journal Meanjin finds new life in Queensland

silverguide.site – The 85-year-old magazine will return to the city for which it was named after a successful bid by Queensland University of Technology…
‘A cultural icon’: axed Australian literary journal Meanjin finds new life in Queensland

‘A white man’s war, a Black man’s fight’: the eye-opening story of Black soldiers in Vietnam

silverguide.site – At a time when Black military history is being rewritten under Trump officials, new book The War Within a War provides a vital reminder…
‘A white man’s war, a Black man’s fight’: the eye-opening story of Black soldiers in Vietnam

Your Life Without Me by James Meek review – angel of destruction haunts a domestic drama

silverguide.site – A plot to blow up St Paul’s Cathedral is seen through the lens of family tragedy …
Your Life Without Me by James Meek review – angel of destruction haunts a domestic drama

Frank O’Gorman obituary

silverguide.site – Other lives: Manchester University historian who wrote books on 18th- and 19th-century society…
Frank O’Gorman obituary

Polari book prize cancelled after row over gender-critical novelist

silverguide.site – Organisers of the award for LGBTQ+ writers have paused the prize this year, after controversy over the longlisting of John Boyne meant it was ‘overshadowed by hurt and anger’…
Polari book prize cancelled after row over gender-critical novelist

A Noble Madness by James Delbourgo review – the dark side of collecting

silverguide.site – From jewellery to the Parthenon marbles, why do people collect things? And what happens when interest tips into obsession?…
A Noble Madness by James Delbourgo review – the dark side of collecting

Helm by Sarah Hall review – a mighty epic of climate change in slow motion

silverguide.site – A Cumbrian wind is the central character in this hugely ambitious, millennia-spanning novel, which was 20 years in the making…
Helm by Sarah Hall review – a mighty epic of climate change in slow motion

Sally Rooney could be arrested under Terrorism Act after pledging royalties to Palestine Action

silverguide.site – The bestselling novelist promised to financially support the group proscribed as a terrorist organisation by the British government…
Sally Rooney could be arrested under Terrorism Act after pledging royalties to Palestine Action

Ending Isolation review – a takedown of solitary confinement by incarcerated co-authors

silverguide.site – New book looks back at the history of the controversial prison practice while pushing for its dismantling…
Ending Isolation review – a takedown of solitary confinement by incarcerated co-authors

Author Rie Qudan: Why I used ChatGPT to write my prize-winning novel

silverguide.site – Sympathy Tower Tokyo attracted controversy for being partly written using AI. Does its author think the technology could write a better novel than a human?…
Author Rie Qudan: Why I used ChatGPT to write my prize-winning novel

From V to Vineland and Inherent Vice: Thomas Pynchon’s books – ranked!

silverguide.site – With fans eagerly awaiting the reclusive author’s first book in more than a decade, the noir caper Shadow Ticket, we assess his best fiction of the past 60 years…
From V to Vineland and Inherent Vice: Thomas Pynchon’s books – ranked!
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