Guardian review
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The Voices Within by Charles Fernyhough review – why do we talk to ourselves?We experience some kind of inner speech for at least a quarter of our waking lives. This helps some, while others set out to reduce the chatter. And how does it relate to God?
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Kid Gloves by Adam Mars-Jones review – growing up gay with a homophobic fatherNicholas Lezard’s paperback of the week: an honest, tender and funny memoir about growing up with a high court judge by a writer at the top of his game
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How to turn down a prestigious literary prize – a winner’s guide to etiquetteFollowing Joseph Andras’s surprise decision to turn down the Goncourt first novel prize, it’s time to weigh up the pros and cons of rejecting a literary award
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Sabahattin Ali’s Madonna in a Fur Coat – the surprise Turkish bestsellerWhy has a little known 1940s novel become a Turkish bestseller? Maureen Freely on a book that refuses traditional gender roles, and offers hope in an increasingly restricted society
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Marina Lewycka: ‘Finding something funny in the bedroom tax was a challenge’The books interview: the bestselling author on dark humour, struggling to write villains and why she can’t wait to be old and bolshie
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The best recent thrillers – review roundupDying Breed by Peter Hanington; Conspiracy by SJ Parris; All Things Cease to Appear by Elizabeth Brundage; Hex by Thomas Olde Heuvelt; Orphan X by Gregg Hurwitz
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What makes bad writing bad?The biggest mistake most writers make is thinking they have nothing left to learn
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Glasgow gangster turned writer Jimmy Boyle: ‘I would be dead now without books'The convicted murderer set the standard for prison writing with A Sense of Freedom in 1977. As it is republished, he talks about honour, violence and redemption as a novelist and sculptor
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The Bones of Grace by Tahmima Anam review – love and loss in BangladeshA paleontologist excavates the mysteries of her past after returning to her homeland
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Following On by Emma John review – how can English cricket in the 1990s be so funny?Michael Atherton meets Bridget Jones in this sports journalist’s delightful memoir of teenage obsession and terrible cricket
LaRose by Louise Erdrich review – tragedy and atonement from one of America’s great writers