Lead Review (Notes From An Island)
- Book: Notes from an Island
- Location: Klovharun
- Author: Thomas Teal (Translator), Tove Jansson, Tuulikki Pietilå
"Notes From An Island by Tove Jansson and Tuulikki Pietilä, memoirs set on Klovharun in the Gulf of Finland (1960s) TR:..."
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Lead Review (Brotherless Night)
- Book: Brotherless Night
- Location: Jaffna, Sri Lanka
- Author: V V Ganeshananthan
"Brotherless Night by V V Ganeshananthan, novel set in later 20th Century Sri Lanka. Longlisted for the Women’s Prize (Fiction) 2024..."
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Lead Review (The Lagos Wife)
- Book: The Lagos Wife
- Location: Lagos
- Author: Vanessa Walters
"Young and beautiful Nicole Oruware is The Lagos Wife. She lives a privileged life with her handsome husband, her sons and..."
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Lead Review (Goodnight Tokyo)
- Book: Goodnight Tokyo
- Location: Tokyo
- Author: Atsuhiro Yoshida, Haydn Trowell (Translator)
"The concept of these short, interconnected stories is interesting. Matsui drives a taxi at night and every morning (as it were)..."
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Lead Review (River East, River West)
- Book: River East, River West
- Location: China, Qingdao, Shanghai
- Author: Aube Rey Lescure
"CHINA 🇨🇳 River East, River West by Aube Rey Lescure Shortlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction 2024 The novel opens..."
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Lead Review (Reykjavik)
- Book: Reykjavík
- Location: Reykjavik, Videy Island
- Author: Katrín Jakobsdottír, Ragnar Jonasson
"What have the best-selling author, Ragnar Jónasson, and the Prime Minister of Iceland, Katrín Jakobsdottír, got in common? Apart from the..."
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