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The Book of the Alchemist
Editors' choice
Imagine the Arabian Nights transposed to the Spanish Civil War, or rather the narrator transposed to Andalusia in 1938, for…
Stone’s Fall
The story straddles the 19th and 20th centuries, and, like the author’s An Instance of the Fingerpost, is narrated by…
All the Nice Girls
It’s a pity this book has come up for review for the autumn magazine as it is a perfect…
The Celtic Revolution
In his introduction to The Celtic Revolution, Simon Young tells us he has “erred on the side of comprehensibility” in…
Now & Then
Anna’s life is a mess. After multiple miscarriages, her husband has left her for the receptionist at the dentist’s office.…
An Echo in the Bone
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One of the best feelings in opening a sequel is in knowing you are soon to be reunited with very…
In the American Grain
This is not a book you chew and swallow in a single day. Dubbed a literary classic and authored by…
A Winding Road
The circumstances surrounding a masterpiece’s creation – witness Vermeer’s Girl with a Pearl Earring – is fertile ground for fiction…
The Hidden Oasis
The Hidden Oasis brings together a group of priests who hide a mysterious object in the desert in the year…
The Dangerous Book of Heroes
This book is prefaced by an Australian Aboriginal saying: People who lose their history, lose their soul. What the Igguldens…
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