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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
Killer tales from Dallas, Maryland and Hadrian’s Wall
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
In 1964 in Dallas a baby named Andrew saw his mother and her lover murdered in front of him. His father, a professional killer, disappeared at the same time.
The conclusion was obvious.
Twenty-six years later, in Ryan David Jahn’s The Gentle Assassin (Pan, £7.99), Andrew decides that he can never truly begin living his own life until he has exorcised that trauma.
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