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Book of the day. Published: AM. Published: PM. The Oscar shorts review — intense drama, enticing animation and essential documentary 4 out of 5 stars. Crypt by Alice Roberts review — resurrecting the past. Fervour by Toby Lloyd review — a slow-burn family saga. A rerelease of the John Braine novel adaptation is no masterpiece but sits alongside films such as Lucky Jim and Billy Liar in its depiction of class conflict and young male frustration. No Judgement by Lauren Oyler review — pointed views. Children's book reviews round-up. A young scientist follows her discredited mentor to a university for cancelled academics in this dark, complex debut about the culture wars. The Gilead author explores the first book of the Bible and finds it full of meaning — even hope — for today. Angie Kim lives up to her award-winning debut with her gripping second novel, Alice Winn stuns with a powerful first world war love story, and first-hand insights into loneliness.

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In her follow-up to A Little Life, To Paradise Picador , Hanya Yanagihara split the critics with an epic if inconclusive saga of privilege and suffering in three alternative Americas: a genderqueered late 19th century, the Aids-blasted s, and a totalitarian future degraded by waves of pandemics. I was impressed by its vast canvas and portrayal of individual psychic damage set against seismic historical change. Also asking how we got here is Bournville by Jonathan Coe Viking. This one-of-a-kind book channels a spirit of righteous anger as well as lyrical freedom and joy. Based around a dangerous affair between a young Catholic woman and an older Protestant man, it combines gorgeously direct and acute prose with an incisive eye for social detail.

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