Swiss author Christian Kracht.

This bonkers road-trip story is witty,boring and annoying. I loved it

Swiss author Christian Kracht’s novel follows a mother and son on a road trip across Switzerland squandering their riches.

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Flynn tells the story of a global catastrophe through the prism of one small town in Orpheus Nine.

This gripping parable could only exist in a post-pandemic world

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There’s a bumper crop of new books this April.

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Romance author Sophie Lark.

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Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter.

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Sittenfeld is often slyly funny and occasionally hilarious in this collection of short stories.

Lively,wise and slyly funny:Curtis Sittenfeld’s short-story collection

Long-term readers will recognise Sittenfeld’s voice,and for fans of her bestselling Prep,there’s an added bonus.

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Alex Hutchinson’s new book mixes anecdotes with insights from behavioural psychology and neuroscience to make the case that our lives are better when we break our habits.

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The Banksy works you can’t see:the stolen,the damaged,the missing

A guide with a difference,this book lists street art by the famous artist that no longer lives on the street,where Banksy intended.

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Ione Skye on her relationship with Anthony Kiedis:“I was 17,so innocent,and I didn’t know what was coming my way.”

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