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A Foolish Virgin by Ida Simons — glittering with acidic wit

A rediscovered novel about a Jewish Dutch girl in the 1920s refuses retrospective gloom

The Attention Merchants by Tim Wu — how advertising triumphed

Over the course of a century, marketing has managed to infiltrate every area of life. Is resistance futile in the internet age?

The Glass Universe by Dava Sobel — maps to the stars

An engaging science history celebrates the women who helped make sense of the night sky

The Undoing Project by Michael Lewis — smart thinkers

How Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky laid the foundations of behavioural economics

Of All That Ends by Günter Grass — ‘sharp sensuality’

In his final book, Günter Grass celebrates the joys of life even as he laments the encroachments of age

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The Purple Swamp Hen and Other Stories — more than meets the eye

Penelope Lively’s return to the short story form is a tour de force

Q&A with author Stuart Dybek

‘What book changed my life? Joseph Heller’s Catch-22. That novel opened my eyes as to who a nation’s true enemies can be’

The Poem: ‘Everyone is Beautiful Today’

From ‘Window-Cleaner Sees Paintings’

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