Blaise Ndala’s blistering second novel is a searing satire of war and celebrity and their improbable connection.
By Ami Sands Brodoff
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The strength of Abi-Nakhoul's book lies in its emulation of pain as a mood or feeling.
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Walter Scott's fourth instalment in a series that has shone an unsparing light on the contemporary art world.
By Ian McGillis
Oonya Kempadoo's novel is a love letter to the Caribbean and its light-flecked waters.
By Val Rwigema
Padma Viswanathan's unclassifiable memoir of friendship and writing is both intimate and universal.
By Malcolm Fraser
Caroline Vu’s most ambitious book yet takes a bold approach to her themes of race and cultural identity.
By Olivia Shan
Klara du Plessis and Khashayar “Kess” Mohammadi's poetic collaboration is playful and deeply felt.
By Emily Mernin
Sean Michaels' new novel is about collaboration and exchange – big tech with the arts, author with reader.
By Emily Mernin
DM Bradford's collection is a cat’s cradle of echoes from pre–Civil War America.
By Faith Paré
Mostafa Henaway’s book unspools around a brutal paradox: how can a person be at once essential and disposable?
By Emily Raine
Chris Bergeron's novel mines elements of her own past and present to project trans lives into an unstable future.
By H Felix Chau Bradley
Valérie Bah's intertwined stories tell the tales of young queer characters from Montreal’s Black diasporas.
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