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Family Meal by Bryan Washington review – distant voices and still lives

The American’s second novel, narrated by characters both living and dead, feels like a wan echo of his debut

The Guardian - UK

Standing My Ground review: Capitol cop Harry Dunn on January 6 and the Trumpist threat

Officer who fought the insurrectionists and dealt with PTSD issues a cri de coeur for himself and for the US

The Guardian - US

Tackle! review – Jilly Cooper takes on the beautiful game

The octogenarian writer brings her unique brand of sexy silliness to the story of a League One football team, with mixed results

The Guardian - UK

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Mike McCormack: ‘If I’ve one gift as a writer, it’s patience’

The award-winning Irish author on losing his father at 18, the drawbacks of English editors and the theme of imprisonment in his work

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Shelving the idea of reading some books

The German language does it best – giving us single words that can be translated only into longish English sentences. Take sturmfrei, for instance. Literally “storm free’, it means something like “When your parents are away, and you have the whole house to yourself.” Or, a personal favourite, Backpfeifengesicht, which means, “A…

The Hindu

Sadistic and misogynistic? Row erupts over sex claims in book about George Orwell’s marriage

Author of acclaimed biography Wifedom hits back at critics who say book casts Orwell in an unfairly negative light

The Guardian - UK

Children no longer read for pleasure, says Shashi Tharoor

It is a terrible loss that many youngsters and children nowadays do not enjoy the pleasure of reading, Shashi Tharoor, Congress MP, has said.

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Went to London, Took the Dog by Nina Stibbe review – more larks in London

Twenty years after leaving the capital, the diarist returns for a funny-sad adult gap year

The Guardian - UK

Judge wrong to allow Met to seize journalist’s material, high court rules

Force raided freelance journalist’s property last year, seizing electronic devices and documents

The Guardian - UK

Natasha Stagg is an enjoyably unreliable narrator in ‘Artless’

Natasha Stagg’s new book ‘Artless’, a collection of stories and essays from the New York-based writer, considers our media-saturated landscape

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Our Strangers by Lydia Davis review – miniature short stories

The latest collection from the US author known for her playfulness and brevity has a wintry feel

The Guardian - UK

Shadow work promises to help you become the best version of yourself - even as a cynical health writer, I was surprised

Hello darkness my old friend…

Marie Claire

All the Light We Cannot See director explains major changes to show’s ending

The conclusion to Shawn Levy’s adaptation has left fans of the book divided

The Independent UK

Beware Suella Braverman and all the other vultures bent on exploiting Jewish and Muslim pain

The home secretary is not alone in using the Israel-Hamas war to push her own agenda – squeezing that conflict into a shape it doesn’t fit, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

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Campaigners save Bradford birthplace of Brontë sisters

Crowdfunding and significant donation from Nigel West – who has a family connection to Charlotte’s husband – secure property, with plans to transform it into a cultural and education centre

The Guardian - UK

Elon Musk biopic to be directed by Black Swan film-maker Darren Aronofsky

The Oscar-nominated film-maker will adapt the recent biography by Walter Isaacson after independent studio A24 won a ‘heated’ bidding war for rights

The Independent UK

Private investigator shares signs your partner could be being unfaithful

Most people are careless when it comes to covering their tracks

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John le Carré’s son to write new George Smiley novel

Nicholas Cornwell will return his father’s best-loved spy to the page in a new novel set between The Spy Who Came in from the Cold and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

The Independent UK

Jimmy Kimmel finds perfect way to troll Ted Cruz over new book

‘I just want to say out loud right now: the book is boring,’ one of the children said of Ted Cruz’s new book Unwoke

The Guardian - UK

The best recent science fiction, fantasy and horror – reviews roundup

The Scandalous Confessions of Lydia Bennet, Witch by Melinda Taub; Mothtown by Caroline Hardaker; Saturnalia by Stephanie Feldman; Writing the Future, edited by Dan Coxon and Richard V Hirst; She’s a Killer by Kirsten McDougall

The Independent UK

Fundraiser in ‘surreal’ meeting with Pope after walking from Glasgow to Rome

Geraldine McFaul, 52, trekked solo across the UK, France and Italy from May until reaching the Italian capital on November 4.

The Guardian - UK

‘Sex, puns and labradors’: How Olivia Laing fell for Jilly Cooper’s bonkbusters

Sneaking a teenage peak at her stepmother’s copies of Riders and Rivals opened the door to a world of glamour and romance for the author of Crudo and The Lonely City

The Guardian - UK

Jonathan Escoffery: ‘Langston Hughes shifted my worldview’

The Booker-shortlisted US author on a life-changing vampire epic and inspiring writing about race

The Guardian - UK

Leo: Bloody Sweet review – leave your logic at the door for rampaging action yarn

The Tamil version of David Cronenberg’s A History of Violence is wildly enjoyable, packed full of hyenas, car chases, fight scenes and, of course, song and dance

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