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Fiction

‘Utterly mysterious, and utterly worthy of our attention’—Wamuwi Mbao reviews Asymmetry, the debut novel by Lisa Halliday

September 3, 2018September 3, 2018Wamuwi MbaoLeave a Comment on ‘Utterly mysterious, and utterly worthy of our attention’—Wamuwi Mbao reviews Asymmetry, the debut novel by Lisa Halliday

Lisa Halliday’s debut Asymmetry is a genuinely surprising novel, which invites us to question how men and women are rendered in…

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Fiction

Those who migrate remake the places they arrive in: Wamuwi Mbao reviews Mohsin Hamid’s latest novel, Exit West

April 4, 2018April 4, 2018Wamuwi Mbao2 Comments on Those who migrate remake the places they arrive in: Wamuwi Mbao reviews Mohsin Hamid’s latest novel, Exit West

Mohsin Hamid’s new book, Exit West, is a work of speculative fiction that will be read as ‘The Great Migration…

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Awards

[The JRB Daily] George Saunders wins the 2017 Man Booker Prize for his novel Lincoln in the Bardo

October 17, 2017October 17, 2017Jennifer MalecLeave a Comment on [The JRB Daily] George Saunders wins the 2017 Man Booker Prize for his novel Lincoln in the Bardo

American author George Saunders has won the 2017 Man Booker Prize for Fiction for his novel Lincoln in the Bardo. Saunders…

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[The JRB Daily] 2017 Man Booker Prize shortlist announced

September 13, 2017July 24, 2018Jennifer MalecLeave a Comment on [The JRB Daily] 2017 Man Booker Prize shortlist announced

The shortlist for the 2017 Man Booker Prize for Fiction has been announced, with six books described as ‘playful, sincere,…

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