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Beecher’s beautiful memoir, written partly in response to the death of her brother aged 25, describes in startling detail the highs and lows of existence

The American author’s fifth memoir is all about sex - with alfresco frolics in London and encounters in a bullring among the tamer anecdotes. At 85, he explains why he thought the book would never be published

The ultimate show of respect.

The American author’s anthology of his many physical encounters is a spiritual quest as much as a sensual one

The third book from the twice Pulitzer prize-nominated American author is a complex portrait of parallel lives on a par with the great Russian novels

An astute debut novel follows the personal and political upheaval of three friends in a thinly fictionalised contemporary Mumbai

Fifty years after his death, On the Road author’s spiritual reflections show him in a whole new light

The Kentucky Republican enjoys taking his shots, putting words into Bob Woodward’s mouth and misspelling names

Money, Lies, and God exposes a Christian nationalist movement funded by the super-rich seeking to secure their wealth at the expense of others

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K. Sello Duiker was regarded as a “rock star” of South African literature. He was one of a group of budding black South African novelists of the late 1990s and early 2000s who emerged with democracy in 1994. They stirred up the country’s literary scene with their irreverent take on…