Mechanic of fiction: Kurt Vonnegut in 1988.
Reviewed: Letters by Kurt Vonnegut
By Daniel Swift - 16 May 10:54

Made in Dresden.

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The Bible was not “a handbook to help comprehend the world”. Genesis is not “the
Reviewed: The Serpent’s Promise: the Bible Retold as Science by Steve Jones
By Nick Spencer - 16 May 10:45

Creation myths.

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Redknapp looks on as QPR play Wigan.
Reviewed: Harry’s Games: Inside the Mind of Harry Redknapp by John Crace
By Sophie Elmhirst - 16 May 10:39

Win or lose, on the booze.

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"The west will have to deal with Iran, just as it has had to deal with China."
Reviewed: A Dangerous Delusion by Peter Oborne and David Morrison
By Norman Lamont - 16 May 10:30

Myths and missteps.

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F Scott Fitzgerald and Zelda Fitzgerald in 1925.
Reviewed: Z: a novel of Zelda Fitzgerald by Therese Anne Fowler
By Sarah Churchwell - 16 May 10:23

Past infidelity.

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Warren Hastings, the Governor General of India, under attack from Edmund Burke s
Reviewed: Edmund Burke: Philosopher, Politician, Prophet by Jesse Norman
By John Gray - 16 May 9:04

History has no author.

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Tash Aw.
Tash Aw: "It's a very complex form of bigotry"
By Philip Maughan - 10 May 15:01

The Malaysian novelist on fiction, immigration and the Shanghainese.

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It on a winter's night a traveller.
What we learn when we read Italo Calvino’s letters
By Michael Wood - 10 May 10:39

The life and death of the author.

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Biafra.
Reviewed: Small Wars, Far Away Places by Michael Burleigh
By David Herman - 10 May 9:25

Curiosity deficit.

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New Statesman
Reviewed: Il Grillo canta sempre al tramonto by Beppe Grillo
By John Lloyd - 09 May 9:44

Anyone for cricket?

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Hot air ballooning.
Reviewed: Levels of Life by Julian Barnes
By Leo Robson - 09 May 9:35

Little more than hot air.

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Maggie & Me.
Reviewed: Maggie & Me by Damian Barr
By Stuart Maconie - 09 May 9:17

Iron age.

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Margaret Thatcher.
Reviewed: Margaret Thatcher the Authorised Biography by Charles Moore
By David Owen - 08 May 11:01

Charles Moore admires Margaret Thatcher, but he cannot fully relate to her.

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New Statesman
Urban novelties: How Bristol itself became a short story
By Sarah Ditum - 08 May 10:09

These Pages Fall Like Ash turned a city into a fantasy novel, making Sarah Ditum see her home with new eyes.

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Haruki Murakami.
Haruki Murakami: “Think of me like an endangered species”
By Philip Maughan - 07 May 11:38

The taciturn novelist has made his first appearance in Japan since 1995.

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New Statesman
Childlike in the best way – The Gigantic Beard That Was Evil
By Alex Hern - 05 May 15:44

Stephen Collins' debut graphic novel, reviewed.

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New Statesman
The holes in comics history are finally closing
By Alex Hern - 05 May 11:31

The canon of comics is full of lost greats – but the gaps are slowly getting filled in.

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The exhibition "Plural as the Universe" at the Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon.
Reviewed: Philosophical Essays - a Critical Edition by Fernando Pessoa
By John Gray - 02 May 10:06

The many identities of Fernando Pessoa.

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A portrait of double-spy George Blake issued by Scotland Yard
Reviewed: The Greatest Traitor - the Secret Lives of Agent George Blake by Roger Hermiston
By Simon Heffer - 02 May 8:57

A perfect spy.

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John Wisden
Reviewed: The Little Wonder - the Remarkable History of Wisden by Robert Winder
By Peter Wilby - 02 May 8:27

Field of dreams.

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Isabel Allende at the Rome Literature Festival in 2007. Photograph: Getty Images
Isabel Allende: "I have lived the horror of drugs"
By Jonathan Derbyshire - 02 May 8:24

The Books Interview.

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John le Carré at home in Cornwall in 2010. Photograph: Paul Calver
Reviewed: A Delicate Truth by John le Carré
By Sarah Churchwell - 02 May 8:19

Secrets and lies.

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Edward Grey (left) on his way to the House of Commons in 1912. Photograph: Hulto
Reviewed: Edwardian Requiem - a Life of Sir Edward Grey by Michael Waterhouse
By Andrew Adonis - 02 May 8:16

Fatal levity.

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Tessa Hadley.
Reviewed: Clever Girl by Tessa Hadley
By Claire Lowdon - 02 May 8:10

A female Quixote.

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Stanley Wells stands by the "Cobbe portrait". Photograph: Hazel Thompson
Reviewed: Shakespeare Beyond Doubt by Paul Edmondson and Stanley Wells
By Jonathan Bate - 02 May 7:42

A player, not a gentleman.

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New Statesman
New digs for the Paris Review and Gary Shteyngart's sexual absence
By Critic - 30 April 16:21

Book news.

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An image from "Anomaly".
Reviewed: Anomaly
By Fred Crawley - 28 April 10:09

How could so much money produce something so flaccid?

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Books in Romania.
New Editor wanted at Granta and Charles Moore’s lavish book launch
By Critic - 25 April 15:42

Book news.

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Britons celebrate during last year's Jubilee. Photograph: Getty Images
Reviewed: The British Dream - Successes and Failures of Post-War Immigration by David Goodhart
By Jon Cruddas - 25 April 8:04

Comings and goings.

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A statue of the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I. Photograph: Getty Images
Reviewed: Europe - the Struggle for Supremacy by Brendan Simms
By Norman Stone - 25 April 7:45

Neighbourhood watch.

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