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Witness to genocide

The devastating account of a survivor sent to Auschwitz as an 11-year-old boy. Simon Schama reviews ‘Landscapes of the Metropolis of Death’, by Otto Dov Kulka

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Permit for progress

Government must do more than get out of the way if India’s rise is to continue. Edward Luce reviews ‘India Grows at Night’, by Gurcharan Das

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Everything but the glitz

A pop star’s memoir steers clear of celebrity excess. Isabel Berwick reviews ‘Bedsit Disco Queen’, by Tracey Thorn

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Love for sale

An Australian psychological thriller leaves questions hanging. Suzy Hansen reviews ‘The Engagement’, by Chloe Hooper

NON-FICTION Jan 25, 2013

Apologies necessary

An entertaining study of the role manners have played in English history. George Pendle reviews ‘Sorry! The English and their Manners’, by Henry Hitchings

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Tessa Hadley: What is my daily writing routine? Write first, before other stuff gets in the way

FICTION Jan 25, 2013

Tempests and tragedies

A debut novel that borrows from Shakespeare. Hazel Sheffield reviews ‘The Starboard Seak’, by Amber Dermont

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This may hurt

Sadistic impulses surface in an extraordinary tale of 18th-century medicine. Suzi Feay reviews ‘The Tale of Raw Head and Bloody Bones’, by Jack Wolf

NON-FICTION Jan 25, 2013

Copycat constructions

The story behind China’s zeal for recreating western landmarks. Edwin Heathcote reviews ‘Original Copies’, by Bianca Bosker

FICTION Jan 25, 2013

Jazz requiem

A sensitive depiction of an artist in mourning. David Evans reviews ‘Intermission’, by Owen Martell

NON-FICTION Jan 25, 2013

Money spinners

A warning against get-rich gurus. Ellen Kelleher reviews ‘Pound Foolish’, by Helaine Olen

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