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Jonathan Franzen’s gift for wedding depth and vividness of character with breadth of social vision has never been more dazzlingly evident than in Crossroads
nine-year-old Elsadaughter of Smi reindeer herderssees a man brutally kill her beloved reindeer calf and threaten her into silence
The Island of Missing Trees Kono Taeko Why do stinging nettles stingA rich, magical new novel from the Booker shortlisted author of 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World It is 1974 on the island of Cyprus. Two teenagers, from opposite sides of a divided land, meet at a tavern in the city they both call home. The tavern is the only place that Kostas, who is Greek and Christian, and Defne, who is Turkish and Muslim, can meet, in secret, hidden beneath the blackened beams from which hang garlands of garlic, chilli