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A Constellation of Vital Phenomena
Anthony Marra
Review by Jonathan Ruppin

Save for the occasional thriller stopping off in Grozny for local colour, Chechnya, the Russian republic that didn't get away as the Eastern Bloc splintered, has been an omission from the English-l

The Deception Artist
Fayette Fox
Review by Fiona McMillan

One of the first lessons drummed into us as children is the absolute wrongness of lying.

The Round House
Louise Erdrich
Review by Fiona McMillan

In 1988, Joe Coutts is a young man living with his family on a reservation in North Dakota.

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Appetite
Philip Kazan
Review by Rebecca Foster

Philip Kazan’s first novel is a luscious feast for the imagination set in late 15th-century Florence.

Big Brother
Lionel Shriver
Review by Jade Craddock

The author of We Need to Talk About Kevin is back with another poignantly and astutely written novel of the modern age which focuses on obesity.

Constance
Patrick McGrath
Review by Penny Batchelor

In 1960s New York the city is decaying as old traditions clash with a new, more bohemian lifestyle.

Dead to You
Lisa McMann
Review by Hannah Love

Losing a child to abduction is every family’s nightmare, and a child coming home safely is something too often taken for granted.

Elizabeth David on Vegetables
Elizabeth David
Review by Karina Clifford

With simple yet elegant recipes that place vegetables in the starring role, including delicious dishes like ratatouille, onion tart, tomatoes with rice and walnut stuffing, pesto, celeriac remoulad

Everything is Fine
Cathy Brett
Review by Sue Creed

Esther is 15 and lives in a seaside town, within a family seemingly wracked by more than its fair share of tensions.

Little Beauty
Alison Jameson
Review by Rebecca Foster

At age 38 Laura Quinn is rapidly approaching spinsterhood – a state to be avoided at all costs, especially in 1975.

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Alice Hoffman
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