Herta Müller’s The Village on the Edge of the World: Survival under Ceausescu’s regime
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Andrew Cunning: ‘Being second best is nothing to be afraid of! I’ve been telling my brother that for years’
The Prophetic Voice: Jean Sulivan, a writer who spoke up for the little guy and girl
How Do People Stay the Same by Mark Bowles: The making of the man
The Traveller by Andrea Wulf: George Forster’s quest for common humanity
Downfall of a King: Juan Carlos paradox strains even Paul Preston’s superb abilities
The August Coup by Robert Service: masterly scholarship written like a political thriller
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The Vivisectors by Missouri Williams: Strange, disturbing and sometimes very good
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Neither Confirm Nor Deny by John Ware: Revelations about Britain’s morally compromised ‘dirty war’
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The People’s Emperor by Edward Shawcross: Entertaining and thoroughly researched biography
By Oliver Farry
Translated literature: From a harsh and hilarious epic set in Apachería to a portrait of Toronto
By Frank Wynne
Shari Lapena: ‘I’ve always read and loved thrillers, but I didn’t think I could write one’
By Martin Doyle
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