The Physiology of Taste ? Or Meditations on Transcendental Gastronomy by Jean Anthelme Brillat?Savarin

Review by Mary Fitzgerald - from The Observer

This 1825 account of one man's passionate relationship with food remains an appetising read, says Mary Fitzgerald

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Charles II and the Restoration by Jenny Uglow

Review by Geraldine Bedell - from The Observer

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Review by Geraldine Bedell - from The Observer

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The Paris Review Interviews Vol 4 edited by Philip Gourevitch

Review by Jessica Holland - from The Observer

Jack Kerouac, William Styron and VS Naipaul among others offer stunning insights into the art of writing, says Jessica Holland

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The Original of Laura by Vladimir Nabokov

Review by William Skidelsky - from The Observer

Nabokov's incomplete last novel shows flashes of brilliance, but why it was published remains unclear, says William Skidelsky

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Blood's a Rover by James Ellroy

Review by Sean O'Hagan - from The Observer

Machine gun prose meets labyrinthine plot in James Ellroy's latest, says Sean O'Hagan

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Tony Williams debut poetry collection

Review by Frances Leviston - from The Guardian

Frances Leviston on Tony Williams's debut poetry collection

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The Good Parents by Joan London

Review by Clare Clark - from The Guardian

Clare Clark on a tangled family web

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The Book of Genesis illustrated by R Crumb

Review by Michel Faber - from The Guardian

Robert Crumb's straight retelling of Genesis lacks his trademark humour. By Michel Faber

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The Heroic Life of the Atlantic Salmon by Richard Shelton

Review by Giles Foden - from The Guardian

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Review by Giles Foden - from The Guardian

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John O'Connell's thrillers roundup

Review by John O'Connell - from The Guardian

John O'Connell's roundup of thrillers

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Two Good Thieves by Daniel Finn

Review by Josh Lacey - from The Guardian

Josh Lacey reviews Daniel Finn's The Good Thieves

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Letters from Tony Benn, Maya Angelou, Phyllida Law

Review by Ian Sansom - from The Guardian

Ian Sansom on collections of correspondence

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Vincent Van Gogh's Complete Letters

Review by Andrew Motion - from The Guardian

Van Gogh's letters provide an extraordinary map of the artist's interior world, says Andrew Motion

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Five Young British Artists and the Great War by David Boyd Haycock

Review by Jenny Uglow - from The Guardian

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Review by Jenny Uglow - from The Guardian

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United States of McSweeney's

Review by Alfred Hickling - from The Guardian

Alfred Hickling enjoys an anthology of McSweeney's first decade

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Review by Antony Lerman - from The Guardian

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An Obsessive Quest to Understand the Jewish Nation and its History by Rich Cohen

Review by Antony Lerman - from The Guardian

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The Fat Freddy's Cat Omnibus by Gilbert Shelton

Review by Nicholas Lezard - from The Guardian

Nicholas Lezard's choice

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Review by James Buchan - from The Guardian

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Ancient, Mediaeval and Modern Iran by Homa Katouzian, Guardians of the Revolution: Iran and the World in the Age of the Ayatollahs by Ray Takeyh

Review by James Buchan - from The Guardian

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Steven Poole's non-fiction roundup

Review by Steven Poole - from The Guardian

Et cetera: Steven Poole's non-fiction choice

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Your Face Tomorrow III by Javier Marías

Review by James Lasdun - from The Guardian

James Lasdun hails the culmination of a triumph of storytelling

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The Magnificent Mrs Tennant

Review by Miranda Seymour - from The Guardian

Miranda Seymour enjoys a detailed insight into the daunting life of a Victorian hostess

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Julia Eccleshare's picturebook choice

Review by Julia Eccleshare - from The Guardian

Julia Eccleshare's picturebook choice

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