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|title=Harry's Last Stand
|author=Harry Leslie Smith
|rating=5
|genre=Politics and Society
|summary=RAF veteran Harry Leslie Smith rose to prominence last year with a famous Guardian article 'This year, I will wear a poppy for the last time' about the way in which the remembrance of those who died in the great wars has been co-opted to justify today’s military conflicts. Here, he tackles themes of poverty, political corruption, unemployment, and a lack of hope felt by so many people today.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1848317263</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Brian Thompson
Lucy isn't - and doesn't.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1781123586</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|title=Revenge
|author=Yoko Ogawa and Stephen Snyder (translator)
|rating=5
|genre=Short Stories
|summary=A woman waits for a long time at a village bakery, her mind only on the strawberry shortcakes she wants to buy, and the strange reasons that make the purchase so important to her. A boy is invited by a girl at school to a posh French restaurant – with strawberry shortcakes on the menu – in order for him to provide moral support as she meets her estranged father for the first time. Nearby, a woman enjoys an unusual relationship with her elderly landlady, who keeps finding unusually-shaped carrots in her vegetable garden. A man reflects on an unusual relationship with a writer who for a couple of years at least was a step-mum to him, even as she went dotty in talking to herself. Unusual relationships, vegetables, motives – and strawberry shortcakes – are prevalent in this fascinating look at a sunlit yet dark world, which makes for a superlatively clever read.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0099553937</amazonuk>
}}
