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27 Richard Overy
The Myth of the Strong Leader: Political Leadership in the Modern Age Archie Brown f i lm 28 Frank McLynn
Five Came Back: A Story of Hollywood and the Second World War Mark Harris 30 Rupert Christiansen
Charlie Chaplin Peter Ackroyd way o f the wor l d 31 Eric Kaufmann
The Son Also Rises: Surnames and the History of Social Mobility Gregory Clark 32 Robert Colls
The Valley: A Hundred Years in the Life of a Family Richard Benson • The People: The Rise and Fall of the Working Class, 1910–2010 Selina Todd 34 Andy McSmith
A Quiet Word: Lobbying, Crony Capitalism and Broken Politics in Britain Tamasin Cave & Andy Rowell • Democracy Ltd: How Money and Donations Corrupted British Politics Bobby Friedman h i ghbr ow 36 Seamus Perry
Essays and Reviews 1959–2002 Bernard Williams 38 Robert Gordon
Reading Dante: From Here to Eternity Prue Shaw l owbrow 39 David Profumo
Odd Job Man: Some Confessions of a Slang Lexicographer Jonathon Green e x h i b i t i on 40 Christopher Woodward
Ruin Lust Tate Britain (4 March–18 May)
k or e a 42 Maya Jaggi writes from Seoul 44 Jonathan Mirsky
North Korea Undercover: Inside the World ’s Most Secret State John Sweeney g e n e r a l 45 Colin Tudge
A Rough Ride to the Future: The Next Evolution of Gaia James Lovelock 46 Adrian Tinniswood
The Invention of News: How the World Came to Know About Itself Andrew Pettegree 48 John Clay
The Last Asylum: A Memoir of Madness in Our Times Barbara Taylor • My Age of Anxiety: Fear, Hope, Dread and the Search for Peace of Mind Scott Stossel • The Man Who Couldn’t Stop: OCD, and the True Story of a Life Lost in Thought • David Adam 49 Jeremy Lewis
The Unexpected Professor: An Oxford Life in Books John Carey f i c t i on 50 Seamus Deane
Echo’s Bones Samuel Beckett 51 Lindsay Duguid
Can’t and Won’t Lydia Davis 52 Adrian Turpin
The Ballad of a Small Player Lawrence Osborne 53 Neel Mukherjee
Diary of the Fall Michel Laub 54 Simon Baker
The Temporary Gentleman Sebastian Barry 54 Sarah A Smith
The Walk Home Rachel Seiffert 55 John Dugdale
Orfeo Richard Powers 56 Ophelia Field
Kinder Than Solitude Yiyun Li 58 Fleur Macdonald
The Virgins Pamela Erens 58 Laura Gallagher
Frog Music Emma Donoghue 59 Jonathan Barnes
Viper Wine Hermione Eyre
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