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    The best books on Pakistan, recommended by Daniyal Mueenuddin

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    The best books on Pakistan - Mottled Dawn by Saadat Hasan Manto

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    Mottled Dawn
    by Saadat Hasan Manto

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    The best books on Pakistan - Shame by Salman Rushdie

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    Shame
    by Salman Rushdie

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    The best books on Pakistan - A Case of Exploding Mangoes by Mohammed Hanif

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    A Case of Exploding Mangoes
    by Mohammed Hanif

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    The best books on Pakistan - Sketches from a Hunter's Album by Ivan Turgenev

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    Sketches from a Hunter's Album
    by Ivan Turgenev

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    The best books on Pakistan - The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid

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    The Reluctant Fundamentalist
    by Mohsin Hamid

  • Pakistani writer Daniyal Mueenuddin explains that if you live somewhere as stable as England it’s very difficult to understand how quickly things are changing in Pakistan

  • The best books on Pakistan - Mottled Dawn by Saadat Hasan Manto
  • The best books on Pakistan - Shame by Salman Rushdie
  • The best books on Pakistan - A Case of Exploding Mangoes by Mohammed Hanif
  • The best books on Pakistan - Sketches from a Hunter's Album by Ivan Turgenev
  • The best books on Pakistan - The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid

The best books on Pakistan, recommended by Daniyal Mueenuddin

Pakistani writer Daniyal Mueenuddin explains that if you live somewhere as stable as England it’s very difficult to understand how quickly things are changing in Pakistan

The best books on Pakistan, recommended by Daniyal Mueenuddin

    The best books on Being White in Africa, recommended by Justin Cartwright

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    The best books on Being White in Africa - Anthills of the Savannah by Chinua Achebe

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    Anthills of the Savannah
    by Chinua Achebe

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    The best books on Being White in Africa - Disgrace by J M Coetzee

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    Disgrace
    by J M Coetzee

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    The best books on Being White in Africa - A Good Man in Africa by William Boyd

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    A Good Man in Africa
    by William Boyd

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    The best books on Being White in Africa - The Conservationist by Nadine Gordimer

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    The Conservationist
    by Nadine Gordimer

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    The best books on Being White in Africa - Mister Johnson by Joyce Cary

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    Mister Johnson
    by Joyce Cary

  • The award-winning novelist thinks Africans want to know how it is that white men have got their hands on all the money. He picks five books on what it means and meant to be white in Africa

  • The best books on Being White in Africa - Anthills of the Savannah by Chinua Achebe
  • The best books on Being White in Africa - Disgrace by J M Coetzee
  • The best books on Being White in Africa - A Good Man in Africa by William Boyd
  • The best books on Being White in Africa - The Conservationist by Nadine Gordimer
  • The best books on Being White in Africa - Mister Johnson by Joyce Cary

The best books on Being White in Africa, recommended by Justin Cartwright

The award-winning novelist thinks Africans want to know how it is that white men have got their hands on all the money. He picks five books on what it means and meant to be white in Africa

The best books on Being White in Africa, recommended by Justin Cartwright

    The best books on Horror, recommended by Kim Newman

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    The best books on Horror - Dracula by Bram Stoker

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    Dracula
    by Bram Stoker

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    The best books on Horror - I Am Legend by Richard Matheson

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    I Am Legend
    by Richard Matheson

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    The best books on Horror - Misery by Stephen King

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    Misery
    by Stephen King

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    The best books on Horror - Tales of Mystery and Imagination by Edgar Allan Poe

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    Tales of Mystery and Imagination
    by Edgar Allan Poe

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    The best books on Horror - The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson

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    The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
    by Robert Louis Stevenson

  • Which are the best horror books ever written? Novelist and horror expert Kim Newman, author of Anno Dracula, talks us through his top five and reveals which of the classics is, for him, the greatest of them all.

  • The best books on Horror - Dracula by Bram Stoker
  • The best books on Horror - I Am Legend by Richard Matheson
  • The best books on Horror - Misery by Stephen King
  • The best books on Horror - Tales of Mystery and Imagination by Edgar Allan Poe
  • The best books on Horror - The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson

The best books on Horror, recommended by Kim Newman

Which are the best horror books ever written? Novelist and horror expert Kim Newman, author of Anno Dracula, talks us through his top five and reveals which of the classics is, for him, the greatest of them all.

The best books on Horror, recommended by Kim Newman

    The best books on Diaspora, recommended by Ellah Allfrey

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    The best books on Diaspora - A Life Elsewhere by Segun Afolabi

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    A Life Elsewhere
    by Segun Afolabi

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    The best books on Diaspora - The Sparrow by Maria Doria Russell

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    The Sparrow
    by Maria Doria Russell

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    The best books on Diaspora - Season of Migration to the North by Tayeb Salih and Denys Johnson-Davies (translator)

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    Season of Migration to the North
    by Tayeb Salih and Denys Johnson-Davies (translator)

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    The best books on Diaspora - The Kitchen God's Wife by Amy Tan

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    The Kitchen God's Wife
    by Amy Tan

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    The best books on Diaspora - On Black Sisters Street by Chika Unigwe

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    On Black Sisters Street
    by Chika Unigwe

  • Books are like men, you can be surprised by the ones you find cute, says the former deputy editor of Granta magazine. She recommends the best books from the Diaspora.

  • The best books on Diaspora - A Life Elsewhere by Segun Afolabi
  • The best books on Diaspora - The Sparrow by Maria Doria Russell
  • The best books on Diaspora - Season of Migration to the North by Tayeb Salih and Denys Johnson-Davies (translator)
  • The best books on Diaspora - The Kitchen God's Wife by Amy Tan
  • The best books on Diaspora - On Black Sisters Street by Chika Unigwe

The best books on Diaspora, recommended by Ellah Allfrey

Books are like men, you can be surprised by the ones you find cute, says the former deputy editor of Granta magazine. She recommends the best books from the Diaspora.

The best books on Diaspora, recommended by Ellah Allfrey

    The best books on The Comic Novel, recommended by Allen MacDuffie

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    The best books on The Comic Novel - The Irresponsible Self by James Wood

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    The Irresponsible Self
    by James Wood

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    The best books on The Comic Novel - The Code of the Woosters by P. G. Wodehouse

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    The Code of the Woosters
    by P. G. Wodehouse

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    The best books on The Comic Novel - Diary of a Nobody by George Grossmith, Weedon Grossmith

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    Diary of a Nobody
    by George Grossmith, Weedon Grossmith

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    The best books on The Comic Novel - Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome

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    Three Men in a Boat
    by Jerome K. Jerome

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    The best books on The Comic Novel - Murphy by Samuel Beckett

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    Murphy
    by Samuel Beckett

  • Literature teacher from the University of Texas says the intelligence behind the confusion in comic novels must be essentially benign – like being tickled.

  • The best books on The Comic Novel - The Irresponsible Self by James Wood
  • The best books on The Comic Novel - The Code of the Woosters by P. G. Wodehouse
  • The best books on The Comic Novel - Diary of a Nobody by George Grossmith, Weedon Grossmith
  • The best books on The Comic Novel - Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome
  • The best books on The Comic Novel - Murphy by Samuel Beckett

The best books on The Comic Novel, recommended by Allen MacDuffie

Literature teacher from the University of Texas says the intelligence behind the confusion in comic novels must be essentially benign – like being tickled.

The best books on The Comic Novel, recommended by Allen MacDuffie

    Enrique Vila-Matas discute Los libros que le influyeron

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    Enrique Vila-Matas discute Los libros que le influyeron - La Bibliothèque invisible by Stéphane Mahieu

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    La Bibliothèque invisible
    by Stéphane Mahieu

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    Enrique Vila-Matas discute Los libros que le influyeron - Mirabiblia: Catalogo ragionato di libri introvabili by Paolo Albani & Paolo della Bella

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    Mirabiblia: Catalogo ragionato di libri introvabili
    by Paolo Albani & Paolo della Bella

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    Enrique Vila-Matas discute Los libros que le influyeron - La vida y las opiniones del caballero Tristram Shandy by Laurence Sterne, translated by Javier Marías

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    La vida y las opiniones del caballero Tristram Shandy
    by Laurence Sterne, translated by Javier Marías

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    Enrique Vila-Matas discute Los libros que le influyeron - Nueva Enciclopedia by Alberto Savinio

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    Nueva Enciclopedia
    by Alberto Savinio

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    Enrique Vila-Matas discute Los libros que le influyeron - The Afternoon of Mr. Andesmas by Marguerite Duras

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    The Afternoon of Mr. Andesmas
    by Marguerite Duras

  • ‘Me gusta mostrar cierta moderación cuando se trata de inventar cosas ...’ El escritor español Enrique Vila-Matas discute la importancia del riesgo en la escritura, la ‘crisis de la novela’, y cinco libros que han influenciado su propia escritura

  • Enrique Vila-Matas discute Los libros que le influyeron - La Bibliothèque invisible by Stéphane Mahieu
  • Enrique Vila-Matas discute Los libros que le influyeron - Mirabiblia: Catalogo ragionato di libri introvabili by Paolo Albani & Paolo della Bella
  • Enrique Vila-Matas discute Los libros que le influyeron - La vida y las opiniones del caballero Tristram Shandy by Laurence Sterne, translated by Javier Marías
  • Enrique Vila-Matas discute Los libros que le influyeron - Nueva Enciclopedia by Alberto Savinio
  • Enrique Vila-Matas discute Los libros que le influyeron - The Afternoon of Mr. Andesmas by Marguerite Duras

Enrique Vila-Matas discute Los libros que le influyeron

‘Me gusta mostrar cierta moderación cuando se trata de inventar cosas …’ El escritor español Enrique Vila-Matas discute la importancia del riesgo en la escritura, la ‘crisis de la novela’, y cinco libros que han influenciado su propia escritura

Enrique Vila-Matas discute Los libros que le influyeron
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