Vol. 35 No. 16 · 29 August 2013

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Vol. 35 No. 16 · 29 August 2013

Christopher Clark

The War That Ended Peace by Margaret MacMillan
July 1914: Countdown to War by Sean McMeekin

Letters

Jackson Lears, Mat Snow, Neal Ascherson, Zeynep Talay, Raymond Clayton, John Lucas, John Beckmann, John Dawkins, John Barnie, Peter Best

Terry Castle

Rah, Rah, Cheers, Queers

Brian Dillon

In Herne Bay

Charles Tripp

The Muslim Brotherhood: Evolution of an Islamist Movement by Carrie Rosefsky Wickham

Seamus Perry

Poet and Critic: The Letters of Ted Hughes and Keith Sagar edited by Keith Sagar
Ted and I: A Brother’s Memoir by Gerald Hughes

Susan Watkins

Un New Deal pour l’Europe by Michel Aglietta and Thomas Brand
Gekaufte Zeit: Die vertagte Krise des demokratischen Kapitalismus by Wolfgang Streeck
The Crisis of the European Union: A Response by Jürgen Habermas, translated by Ciaran Cronin
For Europe! Manifesto for a Postnational Revolution in Europe by Daniel Cohn-Bendit and Guy Verhofstadt
German Europe by Ulrich Beck, translated by Rodney Livingstone
The Future of Europe: Towards a Two-Speed EU? by Jean-Claude Piris
Au Revoir, Europe: What if Britain Left the EU? by David Charter

Nikil Saval

Change by Mo Yan, translated by Howard Goldblatt
Sandalwood Death by Mo Yan, translated by Howard Goldblatt
Pow! by Mo Yan, translated by Howard Goldblatt

Christian Lorentzen

Short Cuts: The Weiner Trilogy

Ian Penman

Mod: A Very British Style by Richard Weight

Michael Wood

At the Movies: ‘Only God Forgives’

Gavin Francis

Adrenaline by Brian Hoffman

Christopher Tayler

Five Star Billionaire by Tash Aw

Rebecca Solnit

Diary

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