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Banana skinned

Angela Kiverstein's monthly round up of children's books

By Angela Kiverstein

1 min read

German seeds of tumult

German seeds of tumult

Victor Klemperer's diary of Munich in 1919 is a dramatic, insightful and chilling account of the roots of the Second World War, says Julia Neuberger

By Julia Neuberger

2 min read

A Hampstead tale of blended families

A Hampstead tale of blended families

There aren't quite as many Jews in Francesca Segal's second novel as her first, but Jennifer Lipman still finds plenty that's familiar

By Jennifer Lipman

2 min read

Anthony Horowitz: Alex Rider's return

Anthony Horowitz: Alex Rider's return

He writes books for adults and children, television and plays. "It’s nice to be writing after 47 books and realising I’m not drying up, I’m getting better,” Anthony Horowitz tells Angela Kiverstein.

By Angela Kiverstein

6 min read

Lies, damned lies — and relationships

Two very different novels, both about secrets and betrayal.

By David Herman

2 min read

Wham, bam, hit your man

Anne Garvey enjoys an electrifying feminist tale of the future

By Anne Garvey 

2 min read

The chief rabbi who was once a sniper

With Might and Strength — An Autobiography By Rabbi Shlomo Goren, edited by Avi Rath Maggid, $29.95

By Rabbi Dr Naftali Brawer

1 min read

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Of love, loss and awkwardness

Francesca Segal was garlanded with praise and awards for her first book, The Innocents, set in Jewish north-west London. Her second is slightly less Jewish, she tells Jessica Weinstein.

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Of love, loss and awkwardness

Review: Confessions of a Rabbi

Howard Cooper enjoys Rabbi Jonathan Romain's memoir

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Boys — irritatingly — will always be boys

Jenni Frazer did not warm to Joel Dicker's new novel The Baltimore Boys

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Boys — irritatingly — will always be boys

Man Booker picks: Jokes, history and haunted souls

A quick primer on two of the big Man Booker International prize tips

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Man Booker picks: Jokes, history and haunted souls

Saying Primo Levi's words out loud

It is 70 years since the publication of Primo Levi’s If This Is A Man — ahead of a planned live reading of the book, AL Kennedy reflects on its impact

4 min read

Saying Primo Levi's words out loud

Interview: Booker judge Daniel Hahn

Read 126 novels and come up with a shortlist of six - the job of a literary award panellist isn't easy...

By Susan Reuben

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Interview: Booker judge Daniel Hahn

Musical quest from ouija board to rostrum

Jessica Duchen's musical mystery deserves great applause, says Madeleine Kingsley

By Madeleine Kingsley

2 min read

Musical quest from ouija board to rostrum

A grasshopper's thoughts

A new collection of Jonathan Miller's writing has many delights, says Robert Low.

2 min read

A grasshopper's thoughts

Mengele with schmaltz

Toby Lichtig is not impressed by a novel about one of the darkest corners of the Holocaust

By Toby Lichtig

2 min read

Mengele with schmaltz

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