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So What

3.8

Frederick Seidel’s 'So What' is a vibrant, provocative poetry collection that confronts aging with fierce wit and raw insight, hurtling thro…

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The Lowlife

4.2

In Hackney’s gritty underworld, Jewish bachelor Harryboy Boas gambles with fate, love, and his haunted past, spiraling into a dark world of …

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Under the Net

4.2

A witty and philosophical debut novel following Jake, a struggling writer in 1950s London, whose chaotic relationships and misadventures rev…

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The Lonely Londoners

4.1

A poignant and often humorous portrayal of West Indian immigrants striving to build new lives in 1950s London, navigating racism, loneliness…

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Offshore

4.2

A vivid portrait of an eccentric houseboat community on the Thames, where lives intertwine in unexpected ways amid the struggle for belongin…

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NW

4.0

Zadie Smith’s NW is a vivid, tragicomic portrait of four Londoners navigating the complexities of identity, class, and friendship in a city …

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City of the Mind

4.2

An architect navigating the ruins of his failed marriage and the layered history of London, Matthew Halland confronts the past and present a…

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London Fields

4.0

A terminally ill writer in a decaying London races against time to narrate the doomed Nicola Six’s story, a murder mystery entwined with dar…