#ObserverNewReview
Dealing With the Dead by #AlainMabanckou translated by #HelenStevenson begins as a ghost story and ends with an excoriating account of kleptocracy. My review for #ObserverNewReview @serpents-tail.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
Dealing With the Dead by Alain Mabanckou review – surreal murder mystery in Congo-Brazzaville
A picaresque tale blends ghosts and ghouls with political satire and a scathing attack on corruption
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January 26, 2025 at 1:18 PM
I loved Our Beautiful Boys by #SameerPandya - a profound meditation on identity, class, privilege and masculinity publ by @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social - I reviewed for the #ObserverNewReview : www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...
Our Beautiful Boys by Sameer Pandya review – teenage lives at the crossroads
A night of violence exposes the dynamics of race, masculinity and privilege at play in America’s schools
www.theguardian.com
March 30, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Final review for the #ObserverNewReview on the Guardian website - Delusions of Paradise by Maiwand Banayee - an unflinching study of how radicalisation takes root: www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
Delusions of Paradise by Maiwand Banayee review – a compelling rejection of fundamentalism
An Afghan exile’s account of life in war-torn Kabul and a Taliban-dominated refugee camp is an unflinching study of how radicalisation takes root, and his own renunciation of it
www.theguardian.com
April 20, 2025 at 2:45 PM
It's not just his hands that are small... Lynn Barber in #ObserverNewReview on Graydon Carter's dealings with the #OrangeOaf.
April 8, 2025 at 10:05 AM