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Jan 11, 2013
A story of unbridled rapacity mirrors China’s path to modernisation. Krys Lee reviews ‘Pow!’, by Mo Yan
Jan 11, 2013
One family’s struggle in 20th-century America. Maria Crawford reviews ‘The Twelve Tribes of Hattie’, by Ayana Mathis
Jan 11, 2013
David Evans reviews ‘The Gurkha’s Daughter’, by Prajwal Parajuly, and ‘How to Be a Good Wife’, by Emma Chapman
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Jan 4, 2013
Tales of a dysfunctional America redeemed by kindness. Ludovic Hunter-Tilney reviews ‘Tenth of December’, by George Saunders
Jan 4, 2013
An impressive debut set in the Pacific Northwest. Suzi Feay reviews ‘The Orchardist’, by Amanda Coplin
Jan 4, 2013
David Evans reviews ‘The Cook’, by Wayne Macauley
Jan 4, 2013
David Evans reviews ‘Lamb’, by Bonnie Nadzam
Jan 4, 2013
James Urquhart reviews ‘The Devil All the Time’, by Donald Ray Pollock
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Dec 21, 2012
Thomas Keneally’s ‘The Daughters of Mars’ is an assured first world war story of two nurses with their own secret traumas. By Michael Prodger
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Dec 14, 2012
Michael Kimball’s ‘Big Ray’ is a semi-autobiographical novel of a young man’s empathetic voyage round an obese ogre of a father. By Emily Stokes