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The Fathers by John Niven review – class satire with grit

silverguide.site – Two fortysomething Glaswegians from either side of the tracks form an unlikely friendship in this comic melodrama…
The Fathers by John Niven review – class satire with grit
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After the Spike by Dean Spears and Michael Geruso review – the truth about population

silverguide.site – We shouldn’t celebrate a falling population, according to this persuasive debunking of demographic myths…
After the Spike by Dean Spears and Michael Geruso review – the truth about population
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Why is a cowboy writer from Ohio venerated in a small Aussie beach town? The incredible story of Zane Grey

silverguide.site – The dentist-turned bestselling author had a caravan park named after him after making a killer shark movie in 1930s Australia. A swashbuckling new biography unspools the unlikely tale…
Why is a cowboy writer from Ohio venerated in a small Aussie beach town? The incredible story of Zane Grey
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Poem of the week: A Hundred Doors by Michael Longley

silverguide.site – An atheist’s complaint at the scant room made by the church for his personal commemoration of the dead…
Poem of the week: A Hundred Doors by Michael Longley
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Vera, or Faith by Gary Shteyngart review – is this the future for America?

silverguide.site – Set a decade from now, this coming-of-age caper offers a child’s-eye view of family troubles in a ‘post-democracy’ USA…
Vera, or Faith by Gary Shteyngart review – is this the future for America?
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King of Kings by Scott Anderson review – how the last shah of Iran sealed his own fate

silverguide.site – A clear-eyed account of a difficult, complex man and his self-inflicted fall from grace…
King of Kings by Scott Anderson review – how the last shah of Iran sealed his own fate
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Reading deeper into Virginia Woolf’s vicious diary entry | Letters

silverguide.site – Letter: Maggie Humm says the author’s recollection of encountering a group of learning-disabled people is surely a defence mechanism and projection…
Reading deeper into Virginia Woolf’s vicious diary entry | Letters
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Why we need a right not to be manipulated

silverguide.site – From airlines to broadband, companies exploit cognitive biases to get us to part with money. Here’s how to fight back…
Why we need a right not to be manipulated
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‘How can I find meaning from the ruins of my life?’: the little magazine with a life-changing impact

silverguide.site – After struggles with mental health and addiction, Max Wallis launched a poetry magazine – and it has transformed his life…
‘How can I find meaning from the ruins of my life?’: the little magazine with a life-changing impact
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The stranger in a strange place is an enduring narrative in Australian fiction. But what if the crime scene is a whole continent? | Paul Daley

silverguide.site – In my new novel The Leap, there is no single mystery to solve, no killer to track down. Just deliberately forgotten truths about racism, massacres and hatred…
The stranger in a strange place is an enduring narrative in Australian fiction. But what if the crime scene is a whole continent? | Paul Daley
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More sex please, we’re bookish: the rise of the x-rated novel

silverguide.site – From the Women’s prize to the bestseller lists, authors are pushing the boundaries of how explicit the novel can be – and readers can’t get enough…
More sex please, we’re bookish: the rise of the x-rated novel
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Decorative books that let the shelf-obsessed appear cultured | Letters

silverguide.site – Letters: Readers respond to an article about how some people are buying books ‘by the metre’ to create chic interiors…
Decorative books that let the shelf-obsessed appear cultured | Letters
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Children and teens roundup – the best new picture books and novels

silverguide.site – A picture of patience; first days at school; a cruise ship detective; a terrible storm; time travellers; rebels in love and more…
Children and teens roundup – the best new picture books and novels
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Gurnaik Johal: ‘I had no idea Zadie Smith was such a big deal!’

silverguide.site – The author on a brilliant biography of Buster Keaton, coming round to Joseph Conrad, and marathon training with Karl Ove Knausgård…
Gurnaik Johal: ‘I had no idea Zadie Smith was such a big deal!’
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Fair by Jen Calleja review – on the magic of translation

silverguide.site – A highly original book from the author of Goblinhood explores the art and work of translating fiction…
Fair by Jen Calleja review – on the magic of translation
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‘A novel to be swept away by’: Lucy Steeds wins Waterstones debut fiction prize for The Artist

silverguide.site – Judges praised the novel, set in 1920s Provence, for its ‘atmospheric, sensory prose’ and described Steeds as ‘an exciting new voice’…
‘A novel to be swept away by’: Lucy Steeds wins Waterstones debut fiction prize for The Artist
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What Kept You? by Raaza Jamshed review – an extraordinary debut full of ritual and poetry

silverguide.site – A young woman grapples with the stories that shape her in this tightly crafted and complex portrayal of grief and growing up…
What Kept You? by Raaza Jamshed review – an extraordinary debut full of ritual and poetry
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Fundamentally by Nussaibah Younis audiobook review – a sharp comedy about Islamic State brides

silverguide.site – Sarah Slimani’s droll delivery is the perfect fit for this hilarious Women’s prize-shortlisted debut, in which an academic embarks on a UN mission in Iraq…
Fundamentally by Nussaibah Younis audiobook review – a sharp comedy about Islamic State brides
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Siang Lu wins Miles Franklin award for Ghost Cities, ‘a genuine landmark in Australian literature’

silverguide.site – Author, who takes home $60,000, says finding out he won Australia’s most esteemed literary prize left him ‘in such shock that I lost all feeling in my hands and legs’…
Siang Lu wins Miles Franklin award for Ghost Cities, ‘a genuine landmark in Australian literature’
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Drayton and Mackenzie by Alexander Starritt review – a warmly comic saga of male friendship

silverguide.site – This tale of two entrepreneurs dips into the perspectives of real-life tech moguls, with thrilling results…
Drayton and Mackenzie by Alexander Starritt review – a warmly comic saga of male friendship
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