The mysterious case of an Australian arsonist
Plus, true crime in Argentina and a biography about the impresario behind the Miss Venezuela beauty pageant
Plus, true crime in Argentina and a biography about the impresario behind the Miss Venezuela beauty pageant
Plus, an Australian novelist with an uncanny sense of timing
Plus, a kiss-and-tell memoir by Vaclav Havel’s lover and an exposé of political corruption in Spain
Plus, a YA author with a seven-figure film deal and a book that has caused outrage in India and Pakistan
Akwaeke Emezi is one of a new generation of Nigerian novelists braving forbidden themes
Plus, an unflinching portrait of India, a memoir by “Brazil’s Jay-Z” and a bid to improve the treatment of rape victims in Japan
Plus, the books gripping readers in China, Canada and Mexico
Plus, Xi Jinping’s bestseller, and coming to terms with Germany’s savage conquest of Namibia
...plus a sensational German historian and Italy’s unlikely bestseller
The turd-shaped mascot teaching children to read, and the French prime minister’s literary past