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Zadie Smith’s new novel NW shows touches of genius but also many flaws, say...
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‘Sock puppetry’ is ruining online book reviewing, say writers, as RJ Ellory...
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Christopher Hitchens gets the last word in his posthumous work, Mortality, a...
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Man Booker Prize shortlist announced, includes Will Self and Hilary Mantel
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Stephen King to release sequel to The Shining next year
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Joseph Anton by Salman Rushdie excites, but is it essential or excessive?
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Philip Pullman releases rewrite of the Grimm fairytales
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JK Rowling’s The Casual Vacancy: What we know now
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J K Rowling’s The Casual Vacancy is very adult, and a bit dull, say critics
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Is J K Rowling the guardian of our children’s minds?
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