Here are the latest newsletters for my followers to peruse:
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Featuring new reviews for Catherine Lacey's Pew,
Richard Ford's Sorry For Your Trouble and Liam Vaughan's Flash
Crash
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The
Week in Review 18 May 2020
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Reviews for Catherine Lacey's Pew praise the book as
"an alarmingly discomfiting, sublimely written novel"
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Good morning Karen,
Reviewers had high praise for Catherine Lacey's Pew,
calling the religious novel "sumptuously dark",
"intriguing" and "enlightening" after its
publication last week. In the Sunday Telegraph Cal
Revely-Calder said Lacey’s "masterly" novel has
"that Flannery O’Connor air of inescapable moral weight."
Over in the Spectator, John Self said the book "is
open to different interpretations, occasionally frustrating but
ultimately intriguing". He added: "it keeps you
thinking, and you can’t ask for much more than that." In the Scotsman,
Stuart Kelly praised Lacey's novel as "an alarmingly
discomfiting, sublimely written novel".
Liam Vaughan's Flash
Crash: A Trading Savant, a Global Manhunt and the Most Mysterious
Market Crash in History banked a weekend of good reviews.
In the Sunday Times John Arlidge heralded Vaughan's writing
as "remarkable" adding that "he makes you
sympathise with a trader who on a good day clears £700,000 — almost
30 times more than the average Briton makes in a year." In the
Financial Times, Katie Martin commented that "Flash
Crash is a compelling reminder that such cases could happen
again without scrutiny around who gets their hands on markets
weaponry."
Richard Ford's Sorry
For Your Trouble gathered a collection of reviews this
weekend. Katie Law gave the short stories a rave review in the
Evening Standard: "The writing is full of the most
marvellous gems, absolute truths that linger long after finishing
the stories." Over in the Sunday Times, Adam Begley also
had high praise for Ford's writing, calling it "exact and
poetic". He added: "The reader feels cradled in the
capable hands of an expert." In the Literary Review, Ethan
Croft called the stories a "skilful, if offbeat,
collection". Whilst in the New York Times, Rand
Richards Cooper said the writing was full of "acutely
described settings" and "pitch-perfect
dialogue".
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 By Tamsin Hackett, Books Co-ordinator, The
Bookseller
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"This is a novel about preconception, moral
blindness and the long fingers of guilt"
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"It needs authorial guts to write a novel in
which details are shrouded, meaning is concealed and little is
certain"
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"this sumptuously dark novel has spiritual
weight"
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Insurgent Empire
Priyamvada Gopal
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"...a rigorous, persuasive revisionist
history."
The Guardian
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"...it’s a magical piece of writing: the work
of a novelist on scintillating form."
The Guardian
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The Habsburgs
Martyn Rady
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"...It is impossible to imagine a more erudite
and incisive history of this fascinating, flawed and ultimately
tragic dynasty."
The Times
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I Am An Island
Tamsin Calidas
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"...tough yet compulsive reading, carried by
crisp, vivid prose"
The Spectator
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The Caravan
Thomas Hegghammer (Senior Research Fellow,
Universitetet i Oslo)
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"...evidence-based, meticulous and full of
carefully judged distinctions – recent history at its finest"
The Observer
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Circles and Squares
Caroline Maclean
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"...the intricate lives and art of interwar modernists
are captured in this hugely enjoyable and well-plotted book"
The Guardian
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The Motion of the Body Through Space
Lionel Shriver
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"...a pinpoint-sharp novel"
Woman & Home
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Niki Lauda
Maurice Hamilton
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"...there is more than enough to savour in
Lauda’s singular character, especially his amusing bluntness"
The Times
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The Last Protector
Andrew Taylor
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"... Taylor confirms his status as one of our
finest writers of historical thrillers"
The Sunday Times
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"...Flash Crash is a compelling reminder that such
cases could happen again without scrutiny around who gets their
hands on markets weaponry"
Financial Times
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Coffeeland
Augustine Sedgewick
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"...Augustine Sedgewick has written an dark,
exhaustive, survey"
The Spectator
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A Theatre for Dreamers
Polly Samson
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"...A Theatre for Dreamers is at once a
blissful piece of escapism and a powerful meditation on art and
sexuality"
The Observer
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Book
of the Month: Children's
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The Unadoptables
by Hana Tooke, Ayesha
L Ruio (illus)
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It is the autumn of 1886 in Amsterdam. Five babies
are abandoned at the Little Tulip Orphanage, each in curious
circumstances. Twelve years later Milou, Lotta, Fenna, Sem and
Egg-each with a characteristic that marks them as different-have
been deemed "the unadoptables", until the night a
sinister sea captain threatens to tear them apart. Now 23rd
July 2020.
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The See-Through House
Shelley Klein
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"...I adored this beguiling illustrated
memoir"
The Bookseller
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"...this sumptuously dark novel has spiritual
weight"
The Sunday Telegraph
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The Habsburgs
Martyn Rady
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"...It is impossible to imagine a more erudite
and incisive history of this fascinating, flawed and ultimately
tragic dynasty."
The Times
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Sorry for Your Trouble
Richard Ford
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"...Ford is exact and poetic"
The Sunday Times
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How to Feed a Dictator
Witold Szablowski, Antonia Lloyd-Jones
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"...Szablowski is a limpid and gently brilliant
storyteller"
Financial Times
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The Anointed
Michael Arditti
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"...This is a wonderfully rich novel"
The Scotsman
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"...it’d be no surprise if it proved to be the
Sapiens of 2020"
The Guardian
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Clothes...and Other Things That Matter
Alexandra Shulman
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"...as this hugely engaging memoir shows us,
the slight lack of polish was always part of her appeal"
The Spectator
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Redhead by the Side of the Road
Anne Tyler
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The Motion of the Body Through Space
Lionel Shriver
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Cleanness
Garth Greenwell
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Notes from an Apocalypse
Mark O'Connell
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Exciting Times
Naoise Dolan
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Clothes...and Other Things That Matter
Alexandra Shulman
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The Ratline
Philippe Sands, QC
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Putin's People
Catherine Belton
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Online
Book Events from BookGig
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The Bookseller's
Fiona Noble talks to Holly Jackson
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The Bookseller's
Alice O'Keeffe talks to Bernardine Evaristo
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At Home with
Penguin: Richard Osman
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Hay Festival:
Stephen Fry on Troy
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© 2020 Bookseller Media Ltd.
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Featuring new reviews for Rutger Bregman's Humankind:
A Hopeful History, Eileen Alexander's Love in the Blitz and Lionel
Shriver's The Motion of the Body Through Space
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The
Week in Review 14 May 2020
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Reviews for Rutger Bregman's Humankind herald the
book as 'the Sapiens of 2020'
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Good morning Karen,
Rutger Bregman's Humankind:
A Hopeful History certainly had a good outlook with
reviewers. In the Guardian, Jonathan Freedland said it would
be no surprise if it "proved to be the Sapiens of
2020." He added that the book couldn't have come at a better
time: "as some are talking of a radical fresh start once we
emerge from this crisis, a 1945-style new settlement, Humankind offers
a roadmap for how we might organise ourselves very
differently." In the Sunday Times, Bryan Appleyard
called it "brisk, accessible and full of great stories."
In the Evening Standard, Martin Bentham praised Bregman's
writing: "there’s plenty of entertainment along the way in his
snappy phrasing."
Eileen Alexander's Love
in the Blitz took reviewers back in time this
weekend. John Carey said in the Sunday Times that the
great value of the memoir is that "it takes you out of our
present troubles into a world even more dangerous and
destructive." In the Daily Telegraph, Iona McLaren
called the book a "perfectly apt" description of love in
the Blitz, adding that in the letters "there is a
delightfully idiosyncratic mixing of high and low, ancient and
modern." Over in the Times, Gareth Russell gave the
memoir a rave five star review, praising the writer for
being an "ambitious, kind and achingly funny
observer." He added that the resulting biography
is "poigant".
Lionel Shriver's
The Motion of the Body Through Space was hurtled into the
weekends reviews. In the Daily Mail, Claire Allfree praised
the author: "Lionel Shriver stares down some of the most
contentious issues of the day." In the Evening Standard
Nick Curtis called the book a "compelling read" praising
the writing for being "sardonic and elegant".
Whilst Melissa Katsoulis in the Times praised the
afterword for providing "genuine insight into ageing that is
kind and erudite."
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 By Tamsin Hackett, Books Co-ordinator, The
Bookseller
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"It is, largely, a superb read — brisk,
accessible and full of great stories"
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"There’s plenty of entertainment along the way
in his snappy phrasing."
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"it’d be no surprise if it proved to be the
Sapiens of 2020"
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"... (a) bold and thought-provoking book "
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Love After Love
Ingrid Persaud
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"...Persaud has a knack for finding the sublime
in the ordinary"
The Guardian
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The Discomfort of Evening
Marieke Lucas Rijneveld
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"...Rijneveld has created something
exceptional"
Financial Times
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Sorry for Your Trouble
Richard Ford
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"...Ford is exact and poetic"
The Sunday Times
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Love in the Blitz
Eileen Alexander
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"...It’s a memoir of hope and resilience, as
much as of love"
The Times
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Apropos of Nothing
Woody Allen
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"...the book, sandwiching this endlessly sad,
vexed saga, is guilt-triggering for the simpler reason of being so
much fun"
The Daily Telegraph
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The Consequences of Love
Gavanndra Hodge
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"...The Consequences of Love is an
unflinchingly honest testament that doesn’t come to any easy
conclusions"
The Sunday Times
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Poulenc: A Biography
Roger Nichols
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"...This fond and sharp-eyed biography reveals
an anguished but artistically fruitful tangle of contradictions in
the man"
The Sunday Telegraph
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The Restaurant
William Sitwell
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"...Sitwell never takes himself too
seriously"
The Sunday Telegraph
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Double Lives
Helen McCarthy
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"...Melanie Reid is impressed by this account
of mothers in the workplace"
The Times
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The Multifarious Mr Banks
Toby Musgrave
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"...Musgrave’s claim that he changed our world
is not an exaggeration"
The Sunday Times
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The Celestial Hunter
Roberto Calasso
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"...Calasso is allusive and dazzlingly
eclectic"
The Spectator
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"...This is a novel about preconception, moral
blindness and the long fingers of guilt"
The Scotsman
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Book
of the Month: Non-Fiction
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Entangled Life
by Merlin Sheldrake
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This book explores the spectacular world of fungi:
astonishing organisms that, neither plant nor animal, are found
throughout the earth, the air and in our bodies, though 90% of
their species remain undocumented. Now 3rd September
2020.
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The See-Through House
Shelley Klein
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How to Feed a Dictator
Witold Szablowski, Antonia Lloyd-Jones
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Putin's People
Catherine Belton
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The Anointed
Michael Arditti
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The Multifarious Mr Banks
Toby Musgrave
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Clothes...and Other Things That Matter
Alexandra Shulman
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Redhead by the Side of the Road
Anne Tyler
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"...Tyler rarely disappoints, but this is her best
novel in some time"
The Observer
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Exciting Times
Naoise Dolan
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"...a bracing, refreshing first novel, with
hints of greater things to come."
The Observer
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Notes from an Apocalypse
Mark O'Connell
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"...a fidgety, fretful but very funny book with
which to while away the days in self-isolation"
The Times
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Cleanness
Garth Greenwell
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"...an unbearably intimate portrait of gay
desire"
The Sunday Telegraph
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Clothes...and Other Things That Matter
Alexandra Shulman
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"...as this hugely engaging memoir shows us,
the slight lack of polish was always part of her appeal"
The Spectator
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Putin's People
Catherine Belton
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"...the book that reveals the truth about
Russia"
The Daily Telegraph
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The Ratline
Philippe Sands, QC
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"...(an) enthralling and eagerly anticipated
(certainly by me) follow-up to his Baillie
Gifford-winning East West Street"
The Bookseller
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Little Eyes
Samanta Schweblin, Megan McDowell
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"...Little Eyes makes for masterfully uneasy
reading; it’s a book that burrows under your skin"
The Daily Telegraph
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Online
Book Events from BookGig
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Julia Donaldson and
Friends
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Guardian Book Club
with Bernardine Evaristo
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Dialogue Book
Lounge: Mitchell S Jackson
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Thursday 14th May
@ 8.00pm
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Writing Masterclass
with Adele Parks
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Saturday 16th May
@ 2.00pm
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© 2020 Bookseller Media Ltd.
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Featuring new reviews for Rutger Bregman's Humankind:
A Hopeful History, Eileen Alexander's Love in the Blitz and Lionel
Shriver's The Motion of the Body Through Space
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The
Week in Review 11 May 2020
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Reviews for Rutger Bregman's Humankind herald the
book as 'the Sapiens of 2020'
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Good morning Karen,
Rutger Bregman's Humankind:
A Hopeful History certainly had a good outlook with
reviewers. In the Guardian, Jonathan Freedland said it would
be no surprise if it "proved to be the Sapiens of
2020." He added that the book couldn't have come at a better
time: "as some are talking of a radical fresh start once we
emerge from this crisis, a 1945-style new settlement, Humankind offers
a roadmap for how we might organise ourselves very
differently." In the Sunday Times, Bryan Appleyard
called it "brisk, accessible and full of great stories."
In the Evening Standard, Martin Bentham praised Bregman's
writing: "there’s plenty of entertainment along the way in his
snappy phrasing."
Eileen Alexander's Love
in the Blitz took reviewers back in time this
weekend. John Carey said in the Sunday Times that the
great value of the memoir is that "it takes you out of our
present troubles into a world even more dangerous and
destructive." In the Daily Telegraph, Iona McLaren
called the book a "perfectly apt" description of love in
the Blitz, adding that in the letters "there is a
delightfully idiosyncratic mixing of high and low, ancient and
modern." Over in the Times, Gareth Russell gave the
memoir a rave five star review, praising the writer for
being an "ambitious, kind and achingly funny
observer." He added that the resulting biography
is "poigant".
Lionel Shriver's
The Motion of the Body Through Space was hurtled into the
weekends reviews. In the Daily Mail, Claire Allfree praised
the author: "Lionel Shriver stares down some of the most
contentious issues of the day." In the Evening Standard
Nick Curtis called the book a "compelling read" praising
the writing for being "sardonic and elegant".
Whilst Melissa Katsoulis in the Times praised the
afterword for providing "genuine insight into ageing that is
kind and erudite."
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By Tamsin Hackett, Books Co-ordinator, The
Bookseller
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"It is, largely, a superb read — brisk,
accessible and full of great stories"
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"There’s plenty of entertainment along the way
in his snappy phrasing."
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Love After Love
Ingrid Persaud
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"...Persaud has a knack for finding the sublime
in the ordinary"
The Guardian
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The Discomfort of Evening
Marieke Lucas Rijneveld
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"...Rijneveld’s shockingly disturbing
debut"
The Sunday Telegraph
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Sorry for Your Trouble
Richard Ford
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"...Ford is exact and poetic"
The Sunday Times
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Love in the Blitz
Eileen Alexander
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"...It’s a memoir of hope and resilience, as
much as of love"
The Times
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Apropos of Nothing
Woody Allen
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"...the book, sandwiching this endlessly sad,
vexed saga, is guilt-triggering for the simpler reason of being so
much fun"
The Daily Telegraph
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The Consequences of Love
Gavanndra Hodge
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"...The Consequences of Love is an
unflinchingly honest testament that doesn’t come to any easy
conclusions"
The Sunday Times
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Poulenc: A Biography
Roger Nichols
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"...This fond and sharp-eyed biography reveals
an anguished but artistically fruitful tangle of contradictions in
the man"
The Sunday Telegraph
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The Restaurant
William Sitwell
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"...Sitwell never takes himself too
seriously"
The Sunday Telegraph
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Double Lives
Helen McCarthy
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"...Melanie Reid is impressed by this account
of mothers in the workplace"
The Times
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The Multifarious Mr Banks
Toby Musgrave
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"...Musgrave’s claim that he changed our world
is not an exaggeration"
The Sunday Times
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The Celestial Hunter
Roberto Calasso
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"...Calasso is allusive and dazzlingly
eclectic"
The Spectator
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"...This is a novel about preconception, moral
blindness and the long fingers of guilt"
The Scotsman
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Book
of the Month: Non-Fiction
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Entangled Life
by Merlin Sheldrake
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This book explores the spectacular world of fungi:
astonishing organisms that, neither plant nor animal, are found
throughout the earth, the air and in our bodies, though 90% of
their species remain undocumented. Now 3rd September
2020.
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The See-Through House
Shelley Klein
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How to Feed a Dictator
Witold Szablowski, Antonia Lloyd-Jones
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Putin's People
Catherine Belton
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The Anointed
Michael Arditti
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The Multifarious Mr Banks
Toby Musgrave
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Clothes...and Other Things That Matter
Alexandra Shulman
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Redhead by the Side of the Road
Anne Tyler
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"...Tyler rarely disappoints, but this is her
best novel in some time"
The Observer
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Exciting Times
Naoise Dolan
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"...a sharp, assured debut"
Evening Standard
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Notes from an Apocalypse
Mark O'Connell
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"...Terrifying, but blissful"
The Bookseller
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Cleanness
Garth Greenwell
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"... a new star in the canon of great gay
writers"
The Daily Telegraph
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Clothes...and Other Things That Matter
Alexandra Shulman
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"...as this hugely engaging memoir shows us,
the slight lack of polish was always part of her appeal"
The Spectator
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Putin's People
Catherine Belton
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"...Her book is fast-paced, thoroughly
researched and packed with new — or at least not widely known —
facts"
The Spectator
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The Ratline
Philippe Sands, QC
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"...a taut and finely crafted factual thriller,
reminiscent in density and pace of John le Carré "
The Observer
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Little Eyes
Samanta Schweblin, Megan McDowell
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"...Little Eyes makes for masterfully uneasy
reading; it’s a book that burrows under your skin"
The Daily Telegraph
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Online
Book Events Today from BookGig
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Author Talk:
Jonathan Chatwin
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Meet the Author:
Beth O'Leary
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Meet the Author:
Kiran Millwood Hargrave
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Wednesday 13th
May @ 8.00pm
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Writing Masterclass
with Adele Parks
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Saturday 16th May
@ 2.00pm
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© 2020 Bookseller Media Ltd.
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