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Some Body Like Me by Lucy Lapinska review – when robots replace your dead spouse
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Some Body Like Me by Lucy Lapinska review – when robots replace your dead spouse

Lucy Lapinska asks dark questions with a lightness of touch
Stag Dance by Torrey Peters review – deliciously filthy genderfuckery
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Stag Dance by Torrey Peters review – deliciously filthy genderfuckery

Universality by Natasha Brown review – satirising a very British class oppression
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Universality by Natasha Brown review – satirising a very British class oppression

Calls May be Recorded for Training and Monitoring Purposes review – provocative and absurd
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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
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Separate Rooms by Pier Vittorio Tondelli review – a welcome return to the queer canon

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Soft Core by Brittany Newell review – sex, smoke and mirrors
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Soft Core by Brittany Newell review – sex, smoke and mirrors

Dengue Boy by Michel Nieva review – a bizarre but utterly compelling look at Argentina in 2272
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Dengue Boy by Michel Nieva review – a bizarre but utterly compelling look at Argentina in 2272

Flesh by David Szalay review – life comes at you fast
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Flesh by David Szalay review – life comes at you fast

I walked in David Bowie's footsteps to get a sniff of the real. But I found something I didn't expect
David Bowie

I walked in David Bowie's footsteps to get a sniff of the real. But I found something I didn't expect

Yoko by David Sheff review – a tribute to a revolutionary
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Yoko by David Sheff review – a tribute to a revolutionary

SMiLE: The Rise, Fall and Resurrection of Brian Wilson by David Leaf review – uneven account of rock saga
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SMiLE: The Rise, Fall and Resurrection of Brian Wilson by David Leaf review – uneven account of rock saga

The Summer We Ate Off the China by Devin Jacobsen review – digging for deepest meaning
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The Summer We Ate Off the China by Devin Jacobsen review – digging for deepest meaning

Little Mysteries by Sara Gran review – a puzzling pleasure 
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Little Mysteries by Sara Gran review – a puzzling pleasure 

The Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor review – profound understanding through science fiction
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The Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor review – profound understanding through science fiction

Mothers and Sons by Adam Haslett review – lessons of a painful past
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Mothers and Sons by Adam Haslett review – lessons of a painful past

Hunchback by Saou Ichikawa review – a remarkable and original study of yearning
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Hunchback by Saou Ichikawa review – a remarkable and original study of yearning

Kubrick: An Odyssey review – a forensic debunking of myths and falsehoods
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Kubrick: An Odyssey review – a forensic debunking of myths and falsehoods

Greatest of All Time by Alex Allison review – lifting the taboo of being gay in football
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Greatest of All Time by Alex Allison review – lifting the taboo of being gay in football

My Tender Matador by Pedro Lemebel review – searing, angry power on every page
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My Tender Matador by Pedro Lemebel review – searing, angry power on every page

We Do Not Part by Han Kang review – scarred with South Korea's trauma and terror
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We Do Not Part by Han Kang review – scarred with South Korea's trauma and terror

Rejection by Tony Tulathimutte review – a darkly humorous examination of online lives
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Rejection by Tony Tulathimutte review – a darkly humorous examination of online lives

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Under the Eye of the Big Bird by Hiromi Kawakami review – light among the poignancy and depth
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Under the Eye of the Big Bird by Hiromi Kawakami review – light among the poignancy and depth

The Ancients by John Larison review – a powerful dystopian survival story
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The Ancients by John Larison review – a powerful dystopian survival story

Dip My Brain in Joy: A Life with Neil Innes by Yvonne Innes review – a tender account of a cult hero
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Dip My Brain in Joy: A Life with Neil Innes by Yvonne Innes review – a tender account of a cult hero

Sonny Boy by Al Pacino review – a great actor's final word
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Sonny Boy by Al Pacino review – a great actor's final word

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