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No Man’s Lands takes us on a journey. In fact, it takes us on a journey that’s so long and arduous and well known that it’s become the namesake of...

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Anita Shreve speaks with The Guardian's Alison Flood about her new novel, Testimony at The Guardian Books Podcast....

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J.K. Rowling writes about her favorite scene from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows in this extract from The Birthday Book, a collection published by Jonathan Cape marking the 60th...

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Catherine O’Flynn’s What Was Lost is a compelling and multifaceted novel. Following the central mystery of a girl’s disappearance, it invokes the spirit of Nancy Drew, Agatha Christie, and Prime...

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In Clyde Edgerton's The Bible Salesman, Preston Clearwater, a criminal, picks up hitch-hiking Henry Dampier, an innocent nineteen-year-old Bible salesman. Clearwater immediately recognizes Henry as just the associate he needs--one...

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