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GORDON PARSONS recommends an entertaining account of the years between Germany’s defeat in WWI and Hitler’s seizure of power
Books: The Alpha Wolf: A Tale About The Modern Male
by Nick Clements (Roundfire Books, £10.99)
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ANDY HEDGECOCK is charmed by a skilful adaptation of Tove Jansson’s lyrical portrait of three generations of a family, overcoming grief
ALEX HALL treads warily through a messy, dialectical struggle fought in the mundane machinery of driving licences, criminal law, and birth registries
MICHAL BONCZA, FIONA O’CONNOR, JAMES WALSH and ANGUS REID review Atlas of Disappearance, Love Me Tender, Bouchra, and This Tempting Madness
Flitting between myth and the modern world, Medusa is determined to steer clear of human affairs. When her resolve crumbles, the result is petrifying in every sense
Hi Nick,
You don't mind me calling you by your first name do you?
It's just that in your book all your male characters - spivs or gurus - seek out the kind of immediate, easy directness that implies being on first-name terms from the off.
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