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Tom Crewe was born in Middlesbrough in 1989. He has a PhD in 19th-century British history from the University of Cambridge. Since 2015, he has been an editor at the London Review of Books, to which he has contributed more ... (more)
If you enjoyed:
Giovanni's Room
Try:
The New Life
by Tom Crewe
Tan Twan Eng was born in Penang and lived in various places in Malaysia as a child. His first novel, The Gift of Rain, was longlisted for the Man Booker. His second, The Garden of Evening Mists was a major international ... (more)
If you enjoyed:
Giovanni's Room
Try:
The House of Doors
by Tan Twan Eng
Seán Hewitt's debut collection of poetry, Tongues of Fire, won the Laurel Prize in 2021, and was shortlisted for the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award, the John Pollard Foundation International Poetry Prize, ... (more)
If you enjoyed:
Giovanni's Room
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Open, Heaven
by Seán Hewitt
Theo of Golden by Allen Levi
One spring morning, a stranger arrives in the small southern city of Golden. No one knows where he has come from…or why…
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