Shokoofeh Azar’s The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree: a powerful family saga
This is a fiercely clever work of fiction.
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Sarah Moss’s sixth novel Ghost Wall is a thriller with a nuanced understanding of history
Moss’s sensual writing recalls the late Helen Dunmore.
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Anna Burns’s Booker-longlisted Milkman: a work of timely universality
Milkman is both universal and a distinctly Irish novel, a dark satire with a twist of Beckett.
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Alison Moore’s Missing explores the lasting effects of early trauma
In under 200 pages, Moore skilfully delivers a twisty, suspenseful story that doubles as a study of unspoken grief.
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Daniel Alarcón’s new short story collection explores themes of displacement with a surreal eye
The Peruvian writer’s The King is Always Above the People dazzles with allegorical power and satire.
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Nicola Pugliese’s Malacqua captures the tropes of 1970s Italy
Pugliese writes of a semi-apocalyptic event – sudden, fatal floods and several days of prolonged rain in Naples – with hyper-realist…
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Elmet leaves the metallic taste of blood in the mouth
Fiona Mozley’s debut novel digs deep into the psycho-geology of Yorkshire.
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Fractured, hidden lives in Neel Mukherjee’s new novel
A State of Freedom grows more urgent and compelling as it proceeds.
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Margaret Drabble’s The Dark Flood Rises is a significant achievement
There is a nervous energy in her writing which drives this relatively plotless novel forward.
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