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Geezer Butler, from Birmingham, says that he chain-reads books and always has one on the go. He has just finished d Close To Home by Michael Magee, which he said he loved.

The title of Kevin Jared Hosein’s novel is derived from a mourning ritual in which rice balls are left out for the hungry dead while the living forgo all worldly pleasure. It’s a good fit for this beautiful yet unceasingly dismal portrait of mid-1940s Trinidad, in which abject poverty, colonialism, and recent war-time occupation have squeezed joy from the landscape and the people alike, leaving tragedy and loss as the most salient features of either.

Get ready for new books from the award-winning Salman Rushdie and Tom Rob Smith, plus a look at Australian prime ministers and their biographers.

Get ready for new books from the award-winning Salman Rushdie and Tom Rob Smith, plus a look at Australian prime ministers and their biographers.

Get ready for new books from the award-winning Salman Rushdie and Tom Rob Smith, plus a look at Australian prime ministers and their biographers.

Get ready for new books from the award-winning Salman Rushdie and Tom Rob Smith, plus a look at Australian prime ministers and their biographers.