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In his first book for adults, the children’s author demonstrates a Pratchettian vigour and invention . By Harry Ritchie
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In the week Helen Macdonald won the Samuel Johnson prize with her memoir, H is for Hawk, we take to the air with this quiz about our feathered friends in literature. But can you tell a hawk from a handsaw? Find out whether you're a turkey or a soaring success
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This is an exuberant look at love and life in an absurd and godless universe, writes Simon Ings
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Did Charlotte Brontë kill her sisters? Was Hunter S Thompson murdered? And were Shakespeare’s plays actually written by Queen Elizabeth? It’s a fine night to burn your convictions, writes Ema O’Connor
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A tale of dramatic childbirths, meandering romances, long lives and unexpected deaths from the Pulitzer prize-winning novelist. By Alex Clark
Anzac and Gallipoli are the novelist's terrain as much as the historian's