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Senior Editor, The Economist. Runs the International Booker Prize. Demon reader of books from other lands. What unites us is stronger than what divides us.

6 books
Book Cover for: Just the Tonic: A Natural History of Tonic Water, Mark Nesbitt

Just the Tonic: A Natural History of Tonic Water

Mark Nesbitt
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@Sathnam @kewgardens Kim Walker’s “Just the Tonic”?

Hardcover, 2020

$25.00Member price:$12.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: At Night All Blood Is Black, David Diop

At Night All Blood Is Black

David Diop
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“Translation is the most intimate form of reading.” Anna Moschovakis on translating David Diop’s “At Night All Blood Is Black”. With Philippe Sands ⁦@edbookfest⁩ ⁦@TheBookerPrizes⁩ ⁦@PushkinPress⁩ https://www.edbookfest.co.uk/the-festival/whats-on/david-diop-anna-moschovakis/player

Paperback, 2021

$16.00Member price:$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Tomb of Sand, Geetanjali Shree

Tomb of Sand

Geetanjali Shree
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@NickCooperative @johnpmerrick It joined forces with the International Booker Prize and is stronger than ever. Won this year by a wonderful novel called “Tomb of Sand”, written in Hindi by Geetanjali Shree and translated by Daisy Rockwell. Unforgettable! @TheBookerPrizes @shreedaisy @TrudaSpruyt

Hardcover, 2023

$29.99Member price:$14.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Birnam Wood, Eleanor Catton

Birnam Wood

Eleanor Catton
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This week I write about “Birnam Wood”, Eleanor Catton’s super-sharp eco-thriller. Are people born corrupt or do they, even the most idealistic, become corrupted? The Economist ⁦@GrantaBooks⁩ ⁦@prowlandson⁩ ⁦@fsgbooks⁩ https://t.co/sNCMKV7De9

Paperback, 2024

$19.00Member price:$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Five Sorrowful Mysteries of Andy Africa, Stephen Buoro

The Five Sorrowful Mysteries of Andy Africa

Stephen Buoro
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This week I write about my favourite novel so far of 2023. Wit and wisdom in “The Five Sorrowful Mysteries of Andy Africa” | The Economist ⁦⁦@BloomsburyBooks⁩ ⁦@TheBookerPrizes⁩ ⁦@TheEconomist⁩ https://t.co/GA27tjnQZ9

Hardcover, 2023

$28.00Member price:$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Heart Lamp: Winner of the 2025 International Booker Prize, Banu Mushtaq

Heart Lamp: Winner of the 2025 International Booker Prize

Banu Mushtaq
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Heart Lamp, stories written by a great advocate of women’s rights over three decades and translated with sympathy and ingenuity, should be read by men and women all over the world. The book speaks to our times, and to the ways in which many are silenced.

Paperback, 2025

$19.95Member price:$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book