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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
Page-turners that will stay glued to your hands
Mat Coward’s crime fiction round-up
MIGUEL YOSHIDA explains the evolution and influence of the Cuban Casa De Las Americas in joining culture to the revolutionary struggle
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
KELLY’S mother always tells her to stay away from “those Hollywood types” in What Remains of Me by AL Gaylin (Arrow, £7.99) and with good reason.
But her words, as it turns out, are much too late to save her.
Kelly lives within sight of the Hollywood sign and goes to high school with the children of cinema royalty. What teenager could reasonably be expected to resist all that glamour?
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Conman conned in a twisty thriller, blind trust tested to the limit, cunning murder methods, and tip-top police procedural
DOMINIC O’KEY recommends Arundhati Roy’s study of troubled mother/daughter relations
The Bard contributes to the campaign of Count Binface, and applauds Burnham’s plans for vocational training
Timeloop murder, trad family MomBomb, Sicilian crime pages and Craven praise