The New Statesman Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Lapvona
Ottessa MoshfeghThe New Statesman"It’s neither an insightful depiction of the way power corrupts, nor a droll depiction of human behaviour at its most abject." @JohannaTC reviews Ottessa Moshfegh's Lapvona. https://t.co/tTqtgWp1qF
Paperback, 2023
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The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
Rachel JoyceThe New Statesman“The great Jim Broadbent read the audiobook of the novel and he is inevitably (but also ideally) cast as Harold in this faithful adaptation, Rachel Joyce having written her own screenplay.” David Sexton reviews The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry. https://t.co/0XQQd4BuSb
Paperback, 2013
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The New Life
Tom CreweThe New StatesmanReviewed in short: The New Life by Tom Crewe, which fictionalises an early movement for gay rights, is an adroit novel of ethics, writes @ellen_cph. https://t.co/jcGje6fZwH
Paperback, 2024
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Matilda
Roald DahlThe New Statesman“Some of Roald Dahl’s Matilda characters might well be considered misogynistic, classist or otherwise unacceptable in today’s cultural landscape. In at least one instance, Dahl’s caricatures were condemned as bigoted by contemporaries.” https://t.co/DzxxvLr5D3
Paperback, 2007
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Deliver Me from Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska
Warren ZanesThe New StatesmanWarren Zanes’ superb new book, Deliver Me from Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen’s Nebraska, shows us Springsteen on the brink of a breakdown, drifting away from his band and his girlfriend, writes @edsmithwriter. https://t.co/IL0aDB1BRW
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Putin's People: How the KGB Took Back Russia and Then Took on the West
Catherine BeltonThe New StatesmanAn exhaustive account of Putin’s rise, from Dresden in the 1980s to the Kremlin…Belton is devastating on the extent of Kremlin-driven corruption and the salting away of illicit wealth overseas.
Paperback, 2022
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The Book of Goose
Yiyun LiThe New Statesman“The story never gains momentum and the prose fails to cast the right spell.” @JohannaTC reviews The Book of Goose by Yiyun Li. https://t.co/UzGxSxZ6Bz
Paperback, 2023
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Circus of Dreams: Adventures in the 1980s Literary World
John WalshThe New StatesmanBook of the Day: In Circus of Dreams it’s clear that John Walsh had a fabulous time on the 1980s British literary social circuit. https://t.co/UlN0wASe6p
Paperback, 2023
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The Case Against the Sexual Revolution
Louise PerryThe New Statesman"Some of Louise Perry's most powerful arguments deal with the way strangling has moved from extreme porn into men’s everyday sexual repertoires" Book of the Day: @gabyhinsliff on The Case Against the Sexual Revolution. https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/books/book-of-the-day/2022/06/louise-perry-the-case-against-the-sexual-revolution-gaby-hinsliff-review?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1655189841-1
Paperback, 2022
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Acts of Service
Lillian FishmanThe New StatesmanBook of the Day 📚 Acts of Service by Lillian Fishman is a bold and searching debut novel about the purpose of sex and desire. https://t.co/HoUy7XW9Qg
Paperback, 2023
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