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Our selection includes biographies of James Bond’s creator, Martin Luther King and George Orwell’s wife | The Economist reads
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Our selection includes biographies of James Bond’s creator, Martin Luther King and George Orwell’s wife | The Economist reads
Our annual pick of the most exciting debut fiction has previously tipped Sally Rooney and Louise Kennedy, Tom Crewe and Douglas Stuart. Here the class of 2024 tell us their stories
From Bathgate's bruised but brilliant Fern Brady to Louise Welsh's exploration of Glaswegian masculinity and Frances White's fantasy fiction, here's…
Irish writer Barrett won widespread praise for his violent yet tender story collections Young Skins and Homesickness, often about low life in a fictional version of his native County Mayo.
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