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The best recent crime and thrillers – review roundup

silverguide.site – The Runner by Scarlett Thomas; The Madman by Henning Mankell; Everything She Didn’t Say by Jane Casey; The Spy and the Snake by MJ Robotham; Murder at the End of the World by Akane Araki…
The best recent crime and thrillers – review roundup
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Andrew Motion: ‘Wilfred Owen became a kind of sacred text for me’

silverguide.site – The former poet laureate on growing up with Lawrence Durrell, rereading Henry James and getting to grips with the genius of Alexander Pope…
Andrew Motion: ‘Wilfred Owen became a kind of sacred text for me’
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The Red Mouth by Sheila Armstrong review – profound exploration of Ireland’s deep time

silverguide.site – Sinister bogland discoveries haunt the intersecting lives of four characters in this meditative, exquisitely written tale…
The Red Mouth by Sheila Armstrong review – profound exploration of Ireland’s deep time
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National Year of Reading should extend to a decade, inquiry says

silverguide.site – The education committee also proposed a National Reading Guarantee, ensuring all children have frequent opportunities to enjoy reading…
National Year of Reading should extend to a decade, inquiry says
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Worry Doll by Laura McPhee-Browne review – a sensual, sinister novel about the horrors of desire

silverguide.site – Two women meet on a train and tumble into an all-consuming affair told from both sides – who have very different stories…
Worry Doll by Laura McPhee-Browne review – a sensual, sinister novel about the horrors of desire
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Rebecca Perry wins Waterstones debut fiction prize for ‘delicious and dream-like’ novel

silverguide.site – May We Feed the King, about a museum curator and a medieval monarch, was praised by judges for its ‘crisp, cool prose’ and ‘poet’s eye for detail’…
Rebecca Perry wins Waterstones debut fiction prize for ‘delicious and dream-like’ novel
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Grief Is the Thing With Feathers by Max Porter review – a bravura rendering of bereavement

silverguide.site – Actor Russell Tovey’s narration crackles with compassion and menace in this magical story of a widower and his young sons in mourning…
Grief Is the Thing With Feathers by Max Porter review – a bravura rendering of bereavement
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A voyage of discovery: an idiot’s guide to reading The Odyssey

silverguide.site – Christopher Nolan’s film adaptation of the ancient Greek epic has sparked a new appetite for an old classic. Here are the translations, podcasts and audiobooks that make the Homeric world more approachable…
A voyage of discovery: an idiot’s guide to reading The Odyssey
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Up All Night by Imogen Willetts review – a seductive history of going out

silverguide.site – From 18th-century pleasure gardens to Studio 54, the story of nightlife in all its hedonistic – and political – glory…
Up All Night by Imogen Willetts review – a seductive history of going out
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‘People are picking the dumbest fights’: the tortured history of America’s culture wars

silverguide.site – In a new book, Isaac Butler goes back to the 1980s to trace how battles started against the arts, from Piss Christ to Mapplethorpe, and looks at what we can learn for today…
‘People are picking the dumbest fights’: the tortured history of America’s culture wars
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Hidden Creatures by Dino Martins review – the revolting world of parasites

silverguide.site – From maggots to viruses, this gross-out compendium also manages to celebrate the awe and inventiveness of nature…
Hidden Creatures by Dino Martins review – the revolting world of parasites
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The First House by Avni Doshi review – an intense portrait of marriage and freedom

silverguide.site – In the follow-up to the Booker-shortlisted Burnt Sugar, a woman seeks liberation from her controlling relationships…
The First House by Avni Doshi review – an intense portrait of marriage and freedom
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Nine of ten bestselling novels in UK have one thing in common: a woman is murdered

silverguide.site – Author Wendy Jones highlighted the trend in an Instagram post: ‘What is going on here?’…
Nine of ten bestselling novels in UK have one thing in common: a woman is murdered
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Juliet Gardiner obituary

silverguide.site – Historian and author known for three major books – about Britain during the second world war, life in the 1930s and the place of the blitz in national mythology…
Juliet Gardiner obituary
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Goodbye Chinatown by Kit Fan review – a chef’s elegy to London

silverguide.site – Skipping between London, Shanghai and Hong Kong, this tale of family migration, politics and food has plenty of flavour and fire…
Goodbye Chinatown by Kit Fan review – a chef’s elegy to London
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The Art of Opposition by Courttia Newland review – piercing essays on culture and creativity

silverguide.site – The novelist issues a inspiring call for artists to exercise their autonomy in a world of gatekeepers…
The Art of Opposition by Courttia Newland review – piercing essays on culture and creativity
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The Brexit Effect, 2016-2026 edited by Anthony Seldon review – life without EU

silverguide.site – Essays by the great and the good address the legacy of Brexit, but ignore the nationalist elephant in the room…
The Brexit Effect, 2016-2026 edited by Anthony Seldon review – life without EU
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The Anniversary by Andrea Bajani review – meet the wearily predictable parents

silverguide.site – Therapy brings childhood trauma to light in this ambitious tale of family rupture – a smash hit in Italy that fails to live up to its hype…
The Anniversary by Andrea Bajani review – meet the wearily predictable parents
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‘Stop telling people it’s weird’: Andrew Upton on his strange new novel, and having Cate Blanchett read it first

silverguide.site – An allegory in the spirit of Animal Farm, the Australian playwright’s debut novel about a disfigured chicken is a fantastical fable that’s both funny and ‘a bit bleak’…
‘Stop telling people it’s weird’: Andrew Upton on his strange new novel, and having Cate Blanchett read it first
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‘People treat each other as disposable’: dating columnist turned novelist Annie Lord on love and sex in the age of apps

silverguide.site – Her breakup memoir and Vogue column made her the voice of modern dating. As her debut is published, she talks about single life, oversharing and why she still believes she’ll find love…
‘People treat each other as disposable’: dating columnist turned novelist Annie Lord on love and sex in the age of apps
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