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Sheila Heti’s ‘How Should A Person Be?’

This literary hit about the writing of a play for a feminist theatre group blurs the lines between fiction and real life. Review by Emily Stokes

Feb 1, 2013

Lyrics of the lonely

A collection of fine stories. Natalie Whittle reviews ‘Something Like Happy’, by John Burnside

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Love for sale

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

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

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In pinning the blame on surplus countries’ policies, a bearish analysis of the global economy overlooks the role of history

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Lucy Caldwell: Who would I like to be stuck in a lift with? Chekhov. He knew how to live and was very kind

Jan 25, 2013

Jazz requiem

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

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‘The Last Quarter of the Moon’

Kelly Falconer reviews Chi Zijian’s tale of nomadic lives threatened by politics and change in China

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Nonsense and sensibility

Demanding, surreal poems of great lyric beauty. Ian Thomson reviews ‘Quick Question’, by John Ashbery

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A prophet is transported to Hollywood. Michael Prodger reviews ‘The Lawgiver’, by Herman Wouk

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Appetite for corruption

A story of unbridled rapacity mirrors China’s path to modernisation. Krys Lee reviews ‘Pow!’, by Mo Yan

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