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Beartooth by Callan Wink: Spare and remarkable
A dual consciousness – of the sublime and exalted nature of the universe, and of its utter dispassion – flows through this novel
By Neil Hegarty
Books in brief: The Princess of 72nd Street; The World Administered by Irishmen; The Lamb
Reviews of works by Elaine Kraf, Robin Masefield and Lucy Rose
The Boyhood of Cain by Michael Amherst: An interesting and unusual book told from a 12-year-old’s perspective
The author approaches the subject with skill and sensitivity
By John Boyne
The Secret Painter by Joe Tucker: A complex, multilayered portrait of an ostensibly ordinary working-class life
This is a searching, touching tribute to an uncle’s roisterous, creative life
By Karl Whitney
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