"A much-loved Kiwi book defies my expectations and breaks my heart": our spoiler-free book review of Mister Pip, Lloyd Jones's 2006 Booker-shortlisted novel.
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"A superbly plotted mystery novel, let down only slightly by the writing": our spoiler-free book review of 2004's Strange But True by John Searles.
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"Seven creepy tales about the dark, twisted side of human nature": our spoiler-free book review of The Corn Maiden and Other Nightmares, Joyce Carol Oates's 2011 collection.
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"Pretentious, misogynistic and (almost) universally loved": our spoiler-free book review of The Narrow Road to the Deep North, the acclaimed 2013 WWII romance by Richard Flanagan.
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"What it lacks in plot, it makes up for in poetic prose and a spot-on evocation of childhood": our spoiler-free book review of 1993 Booker Prize winner Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha by Roddy Doyle.
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"The Room author manages to make an historical murder mystery feel fresh and full of life": our spoiler-free book review of 2014's Frog Music by Emma Donoghue.
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"More perfection from the master of the domestic novel": our spoiler-free book review of 2004's The Amateur Marriage by Anne Tyler.
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"A lightweight but addictive crime thriller": our spoiler-free book review of 2015's The Kind Worth Killing by Peter Swanson.
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