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‘Respect for the book grew on closer acquaintance’
Down to the sea in books
Jamie Byng on Life beyond Pi
Magic realism defies genres
Happy trains from Birmingham
How to pick a Man Booker novel
Booker Archive reveals historical debates
Hiring the judges is just the first task
When modern writing reaches classic status
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Author Interviews
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Mohsin Hamid: ‘We are already afraid.’
Ian McEwan: A ‘first time’ as awesome as Booker night
Anne Enright: ‘I bring all of myself to a book’
Indra Sinha: Laughing at tragedy
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Catherine O’Flynn: It might start to seem real…
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