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'Be Careful Out There, Be Careful in Here: The Dangerous Worlds of Ludmilla Petrushevskaya' by Tim Jones
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An extended review of Hillary Jordan's When She Woke explores this thoughtful, modern re-telling of a classic.
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'Eyes for the Grotesque Things in Life': A Conversation with Sarah Hall
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Reviews
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PAST THE SHALLOWS
Favel Parrett
Favel Parrett has written an unequivocally strong debut novel in Past the Shallows. From the opening paragraph she sets the mood for this breathtaking story brilliantly.
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Reviewed by Judy Lim
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ALICE
Judith Hermann
Translated from the German by Margot Bettauer Dembo
The five short stories in this slim volume have two things in common: an introspective protagonist, and death. We meet Alice as she quietly ruminates …
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Reviewed by Akeela Gaibie Dawood
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DOGS AT THE PERIMETER
Madeleine Thien
Over this past summer, Case 002 was getting underway in the Cambodian legal system. This is the trial of several of the top Khmer Rouge leaders on charges of genocide …
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Reviewed by Tad Deffler
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THE SHADOW-BOXING WOMAN
Inka Parei
Translated from the German by Katy Derbyshire
It's taken twelve years for Inka Parei's first novel to be translated into English, but there's nothing about this book that feels dated. The protagonist, a young woman called Hell (light), lives in a dilapidated apartment block …
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Reviewed by Charlotte Simpson
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SO GOOD IN BLACK
Sunetra Gupta
So Good in Black is one of those rare books that sends you scrabbling for the author's backlist. Beautifully written, wonderfully observed and deftly executed, it is a moving examination of ageing friendships and haunted lives …
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Reviewed by Andy Barnes
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