From Sunjeev Sahota to Jonn Elledge: new books reviewed in short
Also featuring Dispersals by Jessica J Lee and All Things Are Too Small by Becca Rothfeld
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Anna Leszkiewicz
Anna Leszkiewicz is senior commissioning editor at the New Statesman.
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Sheila Heti’s book of life
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Radio 4’s Child puts us on the cusp of life
India Rakusen has created a delightful mosaic of trivia about babies and the earliest stages of human life.
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How Mr Bates vs The Post Office sparked a nationwide outcry
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A strange and intimate Ghost Story
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Amy Arnold: “We’re unaccustomed to being pushed up against the inner life of another person”
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