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  • Rural Greece

    Greek Postmen win oddest title

    News: The weirdest book title of the past 30 years has been selected for the Diagram of Diagrams prize: Greek Rural Postmen and Their Cancellation Numbers

  • Could you spot the next Potter?

    Feature: Most publishers no longer read unsolicited manuscripts - but that doesn't stop writers sending them in. Aida Edemariam, who has rejected more submissions than she cares to remember, investigates

  • Back to school

    A girl pupil raises her hand in a classroom Quiz: September means back to school so don your blazer, pack your pencil case and put your knowledge of fictional schooldays to the test

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  • Edicts of the last king of Scotland

    Being a Scot by Sean Connery Review: Being a Scot by Sean Connery and Murray Grigor
    Those seeking gossip and revelation will be frustrated, but those wanting to know about Sean Connery's native land will be richly rewarded says Euan Ferguson

  • The open veins of Italy

    White War by Mark Thompson Review: The White War by Mark Thompson
    Piers Brendon on a masterly history of Italian troops who were sacrificed to save their country's soul

  • An inspector palls

    Private Patient by PD James Review: The Private Patient by PD James
    M John Harrison on a Dalgliesh mystery that has everything but the usual Jamesian mastery

  • Six Johns and a Jock

    Seven Lives of John Murray by Humphrey Carpenter Review: The Seven Lives of John Murray by Humphrey Carpenter and Grub Street Irregular by Jeremy Lewis
    Kathryn Hughes enjoys a ramble through Grub Street's back pages

  • Devoured by darkness

    Man in the Dark by Paul Auster Review: Man in the Dark by Paul Auster
    In Paul Auster's latest novel, a writer imagines a parallel America riven by civil war. By Maya Jaggi

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    Devil Bones Kathy Reichs

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    Other Queen Philippa Gregory

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    Bones of the Hills Conn Iggulden

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    Angel Uncovered Katie Price

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    The Private Patient P.D. James

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