Angst, Nazis and forgotten treasure
Transcription / You Are the Führer’s Unrequited Love / For the Love of Willie
A below-par Riley is still better than most
The Palm House by
Gwendoline Riley; My Death by Lisa
Tuttle; Still Talking by Lore Segal
Spirits, a seven-year-old and a death camp
Balancing the gap between what the narrator knows and what the reader does
Forty-five years of excellence
John Self lauds a writer who has ended up outshining all of his peers
Life, imaginary love and forbidden lust
Blinding: the Left Wing by Mircea Cărtărescu; Thee Ten Year Affair by Erin Somers; A Domestic Animal by Francis King
Debuts, comebacks and suprises
There are plenty of dead bodies here, but no dead air
From Celtic fringe to Bible belt
Forcing the reader to slow down and sink in deeper
Small lives and violent deaths
Not so much nailing down a topic as pricking it with a thousand needles
Accost in translation
Each new rendering must make the case for its superiority to previous versions
Books to transport you
Works perfect for holiday reading — you can be in two places at once
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The great American dream
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Philip Pullman is more like C.S. Lewis than he might think
American crusades
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No bullshit government
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policy renewal about the plans of a
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