If you think Spielberg can’t do women, you’re missing his point about men
Donning her Freudian hat, Molly Haskell uses her new book to explore Steven Spielberg’s attitude to women. But is his…
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The West can never hope to understand Islamic State
Graeme Wood’s The Way of the Strangers: Encounters with the Islamic State reminds us of something that ought to be…
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Eighty pages in to Age of Anger, I still had no idea what it was about
When Pankaj Mishra describes a “postmodern collage rather than a coherent doctrine”, he inadvertently summarises his own book.
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Paul Auster’s 4 3 2 1 is rich, rewarding and occasionally maddening – just like life
Auster’s epic new novel of immigration, politics and consciousness has a protagonist with four alternative lives.
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“By now, there was no way back for me“: the strange story of Bogdan Stashinsky
Serhii Plokhy’s The Man with the Poison Gun is a gripping, remarkable Cold War spy story.
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Tracey Thorn and A L Kennedy to judge the 2017 Goldsmiths Prize
The prize for “fiction at its most novel” announces its 2017 judging panel.
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The idol and the bogeyman: Emile Zola in England
Michael Rosen’s account of Zola’s year of exile sheds light on the great author’s public heroism and personal failings.
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How A Series Of Unfortunate Events went from a children’s book to a postmodern masterpiece
On Friday the Thirteenth, 13 years since the film adaptation of Lemony Snicket’s series (of 13 books) was released, eight episodes dropped…
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