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Book reviews

Perpetual motion

The education of Aleksandar Hemon

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Motherless children

Lorrie Moore tries to keep it real

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Kinds of Killing

The flourishing evil of the Third Reich

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Noble and savage

The bitter extremes of Elsa Morante

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Eloquent phantom

Tayeb Salih's search for an elusive present

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Cold as life

The artful lucidity of Jean Rhys

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The Electric Company

How technology revived Ellington’s career

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Love for Sale

Appraising the relics of a relationship

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Last Man Standing

The acquisitive music of John Zorn

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