One Small Voice skilfully interweaves the coming-of-age story of Shubhankar Trivedi (Shabby) with a backdrop of communal violence which touches … More
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Book review: The New Life by Tom Crewe
The New Life draws on real events, but freely adapts them. In late-nineteenth-century London, John Addington and Henry Ellis (based … More
Book review: The End of Nightwork by Aidan Cottrell-Boyce
Pol has a rare condition which means his body ages in sudden bursts, rather than gradually. At thirteen he aged … More
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