Reviewed books - Saturday 14th November and Sunday 15th November
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Welcome to our broadsheet reviews page, looking at the pick of the new books reviewed in the weekend's papers.
The most reviewed book of the weekend was The Original of Laura: (Dying is Fun) a Novel in Fragments by Vladimir Nabokov, which had extensive review and feature coverage across the broadsheets, based around the story Nabokov had left strict instructions that the manuscript be burnt. He remains controversial...
"The sex in The Original of Laura is not so far from the traditional fare of Playboy magazine, with a troublingly paedophile twist..."
Jonathan Bate, The Sunday Telegraph
The Times and The Sunday Times
Blood's a Rover by James Ellroy
It's 1968. Bobby Kennedy and Martin Luther King...
Growing Up Bin Laden by Najwa Bin Laden, et al.
Witness the frightening transformation of a loving...
The Guardian and The Observer
The Original of Laura by Vladimir Nabokov, et al.
This legendary novel has been the source of much...
Changing My Mind by Zadie Smith
How did George Eliot's love life affect her...
The Telegraph and The Sunday Telegraph
The Original of Laura by Vladimir Nabokov, et al.
This legendary novel has been the source of much...
The Scarpetta Factor by Patricia Cornwell
It is the week before Christmas. The effects of the...
Independent and Independent on Sunday
Stinking Rich and Just Plain Stinky by Philip Ardagh
You won't find Grubtown on any maps. The last...
Under the Dome by Stephen King
Celebrated storyteller Stephen King returns to his...
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