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Our narrator first met Tracey when they were young girls nervously waiting for their first dance class to start. Their friendship did not...

Dottie Badoura Fatma Balfour is seventeen years old and has just become the head of her small family in London. Her mother has just died,...

Uncle Aziz comes by the house every year. His visits are always a cause for excitement. The wealthy merchant and his men are not only...

L’Isle des Cheavliers is a tropical paradise where the rich American candy manufacturer Valerian Street has chosen to retire with his...

In an unnamed city, where two communities live in conflict with each other, where there is a right and a wrong kind of butter, just as...

Tomorrow, the winner of the 2021 Booker Prize will be announced. Over the past few weeks I read my way through the shortlist, and it was...

Grand Union is Zadie Smith’s collection of short stories, comprising eleven completely new works as well as eight stories previously...

Poetic and heart-breaking. Those are the first words that come to mind when I think about Toni Morrison’s masterpiece Beloved. I only...

Over the past few weeks I read my way through the 2020 Booker Prize Shortlist – and a month after Shuggie Bain has been announced the...