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Breaking by Mic Wright review – insider insights into the grubby world of right-wing media
Breaking by Mic Wright review – insider insights into the grubby world of right-wing media
The journalist's takedown of tabloid media is, in essence, an authoritative guide to improving your media literacy
Robert Shaw, An Actor's Life on the Set of Jaws… by Christopher Shaw Myers review – a vivid family saga
Robert Shaw, An Actor's Life on the Set of Jaws… by Christopher Shaw Myers review – a vivid family saga
Use the Words You Have by Kimberly Campanello review – captivating poetic sensibilities
Use the Words You Have by Kimberly Campanello review – captivating poetic sensibilities
The Ha-Ha by Jennifer Dawson review – a spry and contemporary overlooked classic
The Ha-Ha by Jennifer Dawson review – a spry and contemporary overlooked classic
The Good Father by Liam McIlvanney review – an emotionally gripping psychological thriller
The Good Father by Liam McIlvanney review – an emotionally gripping psychological thriller
Stone & Sky by Ben Aaronovitch review – weird happenings in the Granite City
Stone & Sky by Ben Aaronovitch review – weird happenings in the Granite City
It's Terrible the Things I Have to Do to Be Me by Philippa Snow review – insights into female celebrity
It's Terrible the Things I Have to Do to Be Me by Philippa Snow review – insights into female celebrity
Moderation by Elaine Castillo review – modern love story falls short
Moderation by Elaine Castillo review – modern love story falls short
Autobiography of Death by Kim Hyesoon review – defiant poetry
Autobiography of Death by Kim Hyesoon review – defiant poetry
Bob Dylan: Jewish Roots, American Soil by Harry Freedman review – other Dylan books are available
Bob Dylan: Jewish Roots, American Soil by Harry Freedman review – other Dylan books are available
In Transit by Brigid Brophy review – decades ahead of its time
In Transit by Brigid Brophy review – decades ahead of its time
Bone Horn by Prudence Bussey-Chamberlain review – a gloriously absurd detective story
Bone Horn by Prudence Bussey-Chamberlain review – a gloriously absurd detective story
Fox by Joyce Carol Oates review – giving voices to victims
Fox by Joyce Carol Oates review – giving voices to victims
I Gave You Eyes and You Looked Toward Darkness by Irene Solà review – exploring trauma through cooking
I Gave You Eyes and You Looked Toward Darkness by Irene Solà review – exploring trauma through cooking
Foreign Fruit by Katie Goh review – big ideas, lightly handled
Foreign Fruit by Katie Goh review – big ideas, lightly handled
No Straight Road Takes You There by Rebecca Solnit review – making the case for never giving up hope
No Straight Road Takes You There by Rebecca Solnit review – making the case for never giving up hope
Parallel Lines by Edward St Aubyn review – big ideas and terrific prose
Parallel Lines by Edward St Aubyn review – big ideas and terrific prose
Bowie Odyssey 75 by Simon Goddard review – utterly riveting and beautifully written
Bowie Odyssey 75 by Simon Goddard review – utterly riveting and beautifully written
Normally Weird and Weirdly Normal by Robin Ince review – wise, witty and compassionate
Normally Weird and Weirdly Normal by Robin Ince review – wise, witty and compassionate
Some Body Like Me by Lucy Lapinska review – when robots replace your dead spouse
Some Body Like Me by Lucy Lapinska review – when robots replace your dead spouse
Stag Dance by Torrey Peters review – deliciously filthy genderfuckery
Stag Dance by Torrey Peters review – deliciously filthy genderfuckery
Universality by Natasha Brown review – satirising a very British class oppression
Universality by Natasha Brown review – satirising a very British class oppression
Calls May be Recorded for Training and Monitoring Purposes review – provocative and absurd
Calls May be Recorded for Training and Monitoring Purposes review – provocative and absurd
Separate Rooms by Pier Vittorio Tondelli review – a welcome return to the queer canon
