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Don DeLillo: ‘Conspiracies have always been on my mind’
The US novelist talks about his latest book, set in a world hit by a tech blackout
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Alongside the talent of Verratti, Mbappé can be simply unstoppable
A shortcut to immortality: kill the president
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The Forensic Records Society review: Give it a spin
A humorous, philosophical novel on the nature of societies set among music geeks
Janan Ganesh: Taking to the streets won’t change a thing
Patience will pay off after populist political propositions are tested by reality
Bob Dylan’s Nobel: Better to have gone to a ‘complete unknown’?
If the academy wanted to honour a music icon, Paul Simon would be a better choice
Eileen Battersby: Readers the big winners in Man Booker longlist
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If you build it, they will come for their cut: Birth of a Bridge, by Maylis de Kerangal
Review: This French novel about a very American megaproject is both astonishingly lyrical and bracingly topical, writes Eileen Battersby
Ketil Bjornstad: ‘The novel is the best weapon against multi-tasking’
Brought to Book Q&A: Norwegian author and pianist on where he writes and what he reads
Alain de Botton and Douglas Coupland: 21st-century industrial espionage
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Darragh McKeon on standing in the margins, beyond influence or affiliation
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Rock fable that strikes chord as pure pop fiction: The Thrill of It All
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