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Sarah review – pungent story of self-destruction

Jonathan Slinger is the antihero – and all the other characters – in an adaptation of Scott McClanahan’s novel, staged by Oliver Reese

The Guardian - UK

Call it a Revolution? Iran protest movement defies growing brutality

Back in September, when Iran's protest movement caught the world by surprise, conventional thinking was that with patience and ruthlessness, the regime would eventually outlast whatever came its way. After all, that has been the playbook so many times since the Islamic revolution of 1979. But is this time different?

France 24

Debra Shulkes obituary

Other lives: Editor, translator and advocate for ex-users and survivors of psychiatry

The Guardian - UK

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Madonna, 64, sizzles in lacy corset as she celebrates re-release of her Sex book

Vogue singer Madonna promoted the re-release of her 1992 book, Sex, which received negative reaction at the time

Daily Mirror

A TikToker Shared The Gag-Worthy Tale Of When A Plane Passenger’s Spew Bag Exploded On Her

Literally screaming, crying, throwing up.

Pedestrian.tv

Hanya Yanagihara’s 'A Little Life' to be adapted for stage

Author Hanya Yanagihara’s bestselling novel 'A Little Life' is being adapted for stage. And buzz is that actor James Norton will be seen in the West End Adaptation.

The Times of India

Karnataka court stays distribution, sale of book on Tipu Sultan

A court here has granted an interim stay on the distribution and sale of a book on Tipu Sultan, on a plea, saying it contained wrong information about the ruler of the erstwhile Mysuru Kingdom.

The Times of India

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James Norton to star in West End version of bestselling novel A Little Life

Author Hanya Yanagihara and director Ivo van Hove adapt ‘mesmerising’ story about effects of child abuse for London stage

The Guardian - UK

The Massive Tragedy of Madame Bovary! review – Flaubert farce flops

The cast’s hard work can’t save a confused script that struggles to mine comedy from a desperately sad story

The Guardian - UK

New book explores the perils of running while Black

The murder of Ahmaud Arbery in coastal Georgia in 2020 reinforced a fear author Alison Désir and many other Black people who run have

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Micro review: 'Dreamland' by Nicholas Sparks

Bestselling writer Nicholas Sparks is back with yet another romance novel 'Dreamland' this year. Released in September 2022, 'Dreamland' is his 23rd published novel and it topped the bestseller charts instantly.

The Times of India

This North Texas author is shining a light on Desi authors from around the globe

Jenny Bhatt was born in Gujarat, India, grew up in Bombay, and has lived and worked around the globe. But for the past several years, she has made her home in the Dallas area and established an international reputation as a writer, translator, literary critic, podcaster and instructor.

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Review: 'Olav Audunsson: Crossroads' by Sigrid Undset, translated by Tiina Nunnally

FICTION: In the third in the series, Olav Audunsson is tormented, miserable and grieving — until war begins.

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Review: 'The Queen: Her Life,' by Andrew Morton

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Don’t expect to relax at Lisa Unger’s ‘Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six’

"Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six" by Lisa Unger; Park Row Books (400 pages, $27.99)

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Review: 'Portable Magic: A History of Books and Their Readers,' by Emma Smith

NONFICTION: A delightful examination of the symbol and meaning behind physical texts, for people who love books.

Chicago Tribune

Benson ... Raymond Benson, is the prolific writer of James Bond books. Plus a new one about suburban murder.

CHICAGO — James Bond is alive and well and living on a street in a pleasant northwestern suburb with wide lawns and many white houses and at least one prolific novelist.

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10 tips for discussion at your book club, especially if you didn't like the book

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Review: 'City of Hustle,' edited by Jon K. Lauck and Patrick Hicks

NONFICTION: This collection of essays — and a bit of fiction — defines the city of Sioux Falls.

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Review: 'Fatty Fatty Boom Boom,' by Rabia Chaudry

"Fatty Fatty Boom Boom" by Rabia Chaudry; Algonquin Books (318 pages, $29)

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‘An Odd Cross to Bear’: The choices Ruth Bell Graham made as Billy Graham’s wife

She believed in the death penalty and said that in countries where they have it, “I feel safer walking down the street.” Yet in 1978, Ruth Bell Graham befriended North Carolina’s death row inmate Velma Barfield, convicted of murdering seven people, including her own mother. And while there was no…

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Review: 'The Traces,' by Mairead Small Staid

NONFICTION: A revelatory exploration for anyone, and particularly Italophiles, who has ever yearned for, wondered at and hoped to recapture those moments of past happiness.

The Independent UK

A Little Life: James Norton to star in English-language stage premiere of mammoth novel in West End

Ivo Van Hove’s original Dutch-language production opened in Amsterdam in 2018 and was four hours long

Belfast Live

Fermanagh and Omagh centenarians share their secrets to a long, happy life

‘Calling All Centenarians’ features the group of local people who lived to over 100 years of age

The Independent UK

5 new books to read this week

This week’s bookcase includes reviews of Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan and The Coming Darkness by Greg Mosse.

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