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Limberlost review: What nature can teach a boy about a man

Robbie Arnott’s Limberlost is a coming-of-age tale that veers between violence and tenderness

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A Book of Days review: A glimpse into the wonderful world of Patti Smith

Enter the world of music legend Patti Smith by taking a look at her Polaroid connection

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The Book Of The Most Precious Substance review: Glorious supernatural weirdness abounds

Rare book dealer Lily Albrecht goes on a wild, thrilling and unashamedly sexy ride

The Passenger and Stella Maris reviews: Cormac McCarthy duo offer insight but fall short on plot

X by Davey Davis review: A lesson in depravity to cleanse the soul

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Motherthing review: A little horror for Halloween

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Fever by Jonathan Bazzi review: Eye-opening memoir, not-so-good novel

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Orpheus Builds a Girl review: Grisly, spine-chilling horror based on a true story

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Haven by Emma Donoghue review: Men of faith find hell at the end of the earth

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Jim Crace’s eden review: ‘A novel imbued with lyricism and compassion’

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Book reviews: The Fell and The Selfless Act of Breathing

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Book reviews: Oh William! and Things I Didn’t Throw Out

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Dead Relatives review: Brilliantly atmospheric and relentlessly creepy

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Windswept & Interesting: My Autobiography by Billy Connolly: One of the greatest storytellers

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Tenement Kid by Bobby Gillespie review: Primal Scream star strikes a tangible note of melancholy

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The Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth Ozeki: A deeply profound novel about human connection

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Bewilderment by Richard Powers: Packs a hell of a punch

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Checkout 19 by Claire-Louise Bennett: ‘Unlike anything you’ve read before’

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Dinner Party: A Tragedy by Sarah Gilmartin: ‘A compulsive narrative drive’

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Nina Simone’s Gum by Warren Ellis: A delightful diary of Ellis’s musical life and friendships

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Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead: An Ocean’s Eleven meets Ozark heist caper

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Reviews: The Liquid Land by Raphaela Edelbauer and No Touching by Ketty Rouf

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1979 by Val McDermid: A novel as touching as it is gripping

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The Black Locomotive by Rian Hughes: Adventurous and original

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Borges and Me by Jay Parini: Caper-ish and laugh-out-loud funny

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