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...Ghost Work (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, RRP$27) by Mary Gray and Siddharth Suri provides one of the first in-depth on the ground studies of this world....
...Peter Frankopan Author of ‘The Silk Roads’ I absolutely loved Mary Beard’s SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome (Profile). It is a sparkling book that brings the past to life....
...But it’s carnal and satirical and American enough to be heartier than camp — it’s Ivy Compton-Burnett crossed with Mary Karr....
...… Beethoven: Anguish and Triumph, by Jan Swafford, Faber, RRP£30/ Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, RRP$40 An affectionate portrait of Beethoven, “paranoid, misanthropic. . ....
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