ANDY HEDGECOCK, MARIA DUARTE and ANGUS REID review Synthetic Sincerity, Our Hero, Balthazar, Heartstopper Forever, and A Year In London
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An exclusively marketing event disappoints with vacuity of ‘debates’
ANGUS REID harks back to the times, not that distant, when debates were fearsome confrontations about contemporary, pressing issues
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KEITH RICHMOND relishes a superbly conceived modern version of Aeschylus’ drama of murderous family succession
MICHAL BONCZA recommends a minimalist installation that prompts intriguing connotations
FIONA O’CONNOR questions the achievement of this year’s Orwell prize winner for political fiction
LEO BOIX reviews two powerful Latin American novels in which myth and crime fiction expose the deadly consequences of patriarchy, clandestine abortion and state violence
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Ron's rages are sincere and — according to his wife — healthily cathartic. But can these splenetic outbursts loosen the grip of capitalism at its most monstrous?
THE Edinburgh International Book Festival is a “prestige” event. The atmosphere is relaxed, the tickets are expensive and heaven help those who don’t have a VIP pass.
A group of literary agents gave a talk, justifying their indispensable role in getting published (they need to establish your brand, apparently) and when they took a poll two thirds of the audience were looking for an agent.
But there was no way you could get into that tent, and the friendliness was a charade.
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