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Fiction

‘An excellent example of the reviewer’s least favourite thing’—Wamuwi Mbao reviews Yellowface by Rebecca F Kuang

August 17, 2023August 17, 2023Wamuwi Mbao2 Comments on ‘An excellent example of the reviewer’s least favourite thing’—Wamuwi Mbao reviews Yellowface by Rebecca F Kuang

In Yellowface, the contrast is turned up so brightly that the shadows disappear, writes Wamuwi Mbao, but it’s the darkness…

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Book excerpts

‘People were continuing to change, white people becoming dark’—Read an excerpt from The Last White Man by Mohsin Hamid

September 8, 2022September 8, 2022The JRBLeave a Comment on ‘People were continuing to change, white people becoming dark’—Read an excerpt from The Last White Man by Mohsin Hamid

The JRB presents an excerpt from Mohsin Hamid‘s new novel The Last White Man. The Last White ManMohsin HamidPenguin, 2022…

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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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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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Awards

[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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