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The Silver Book by Olivia Laing review – a thin line of beauty
10+ mon, 1+ day ago (978+ words) The world of 1970s Italian cinema is...
‘She wrote the best first line – and the most chilling stories’: Stephen King on the dark brilliance
11+ mon, 2+ week ago (1242+ words) Daphne du Maurier also wrote what may be the best first line in a tale of the uncanny and outre....‘She wrote the best first line – and the most chilling stories’: Stephen King on the dark brilliance...Daphne du Maurier…...
From Manifesto to Mr Loverman: Bernardine Evaristo’s best books – ranked!
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (233+ words) Here are seven of her top titles Sample line “Will you shut the fuck up, Mr Whingealot!...Sample line “Boy, do I look fierce....Sample line “At Eltham Hill Girls she torpedoed chewing gum on entering / hitched her skirt on…...
Death of an Ordinary Man by Sarah Perry review – a brilliant meditation on mortality
11+ mon, 1+ week ago (993+ words) He spends most of that life in Basildon, while commuting on the Fenchurch Street line to work as an industrial...
The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley audiobook review – a topical time-hopping romance
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (467+ words) Arctic explorer is catapulted into our brave new worldThe Ministry of Time opens in the middle of a job...The applicant, a nameless British Cambodian civil servant, is in line for a role that involves working...Her job, then, is…...
Post your questions for Richard Osman and Mick Herron
11+ mon, 4+ week ago (827+ words) More recently he has illuminated the world of show business with the Guardian’s Marina Hyde on The Rest...years ago, with an intriguing conceit at its heart: what happens to spies who have messed up on the job...More recently…...
This month’s best paperbacks: Jonathan Coe, Tessa Hadley and more
10+ mon, 4+ week ago (933+ words) York James I’s beloved bedfellow The Scapegoat Lucy Hughes-Hallett Being king can be a lonely business...Twenty-three-year-old Phyl, stuck in her parents’ house with an English degree and a zero-hours job in...
Look What You Made Me Do by John Lanchester review – a battle between millennials and boomers
6+ mon, 5+ day ago (998+ words) implausible and predictableJohn Lanchester has distinguished between his nonfiction and his novels as the line...implausible and predictable John Lanchester has distinguished between his nonfiction and his novels as the line...
“The Housemaid” Author Freida McFadden Revealed Her Real Identity After Years Of Using A Pseudonym And Wearing A Disguise
5+ mon, 5+ day ago (833+ words) “My whole goal was to keep it a secret until I was (ready to) step back from my doctor job, so it wouldn't...be like everyone I work with suddenly knew and it compromised my ability to do my job…...
Seven by Joanna Kavenna review – a madcap journey to the limits of philosophy
8+ mon, 2+ day ago (1041+ words) The hapless narrator’s job is to help facilitate her work in “box philosophy”: “the study of categories...