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The Deadman's Pedal by Alan Warner – review
27 May 2012: The Scottish author's seventh novel carries a weight of watery metaphors, writes James Purdon
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Get an accountant, abstain from sex and similes, cut, rewrite, then cut and rewrite again – if all else fails, pray. Inspired by Elmore Leonard's 10 Rules of Writing, we asked authors for their personal dos and don'ts -
The Man Booker prizewinner talks to Stuart Jeffries about handbags, making women laugh and his duty as a Jew
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Don DeLillo talks to Robert McCrum about living the American dream, growing old and how an art installation inspired his latest novel, Point Omega
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With her new novel, A Gate at the Stairs, high in the US charts and longlisted for the Orange prize, Lorrie Moore talks to Robert McCrum about black humour, middle age – and Rooney's chances in the World Cup
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'Human ingenuity – the cause of and only possible solution to climate change. Could my man be both wrecker and redeemer?'
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As his 12th novel, The Pregnant Widow, comes out, he tells Stephen Moss he fears his decline as a writer and is still wounded by the critics
Comment
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12 Jun 2012: Monique Roffey: I agree with Amis that male novelists avoid tackling impotence. Even long-haul monogamous sex deserves good writing
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6 Jun 2012:
Dan Gillmor: The novel of his I read as a teenager changed me and my perceptions forever. That was Bradbury's gift to so many readers
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30 May 2012:
Charlotte Higgins: The timeless relevance of Homer's Iliad, a cornerstone of the current classics revival, pervades The Song of Achilles
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29 May 2012:
Emer O'Toole: If this two-dimensional text thrills people who wouldn't usually access such material to enrich their sex lives, then all the better
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18 May 2012: Lionel Shriver: Professional critics are no more reliable than Amazon ratings, a study shows. So do we really need them?
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21 Jun 2012: Graham Greene's Aunt Augusta certainly makes life more interesting for her nephew, but how are we to view her behaviour?
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21 Jun 2012:
Tom Cox: Despite the author's small canvas, her portrayal of an awkward, outcast and overambitious innocence has a perfectionist's touch
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21 Jun 2012: Chris Power: George Orwell thought he was 'morally insensitive and aesthetically disgusting', but Kipling's stories are both original and exciting
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21 Jun 2012:
An ambitious example of the Latin American 'total novel'enthrals Juan Gabriel Vásquez
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20 Jun 2012:
Pulitzer prize-winning author cites 'apartheid and persecution of the Palestinian people' in letter to Yediot Books
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20 Jun 2012: The winner, last week, of the Impac prize for his novel Even the Dogs, explains why he always backs up his photos
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20 Jun 2012:
Adam Roberts enjoys an absorbing collaborative effort from two giants of SF
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19 Jun 2012:
Alison Flood: It is depressing that the novels that defined my childhood are now scarcely read – but, let's be honest, Beatrix Potter couldn't write for toffee
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19 Jun 2012: Damien Walter: Geek culture is growing, and the makers of Game of Thrones, Catwoman and Grimdark novels must realise they're not just catering for a bearded audience
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19 Jun 2012: Nicholas Lezard finds it's time to relax with a few hands of poker
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19 Jun 2012:
Stella Tillyard explains how she moved from non-fiction to the world of the imagination
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19 Jun 2012: By Jane Housham
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By James Smart
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18 Jun 2012:
Lionsgate says it has no plans to continue lucrative series after final instalment hits cinemas later this year
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