Review
Heartbreak, vampires and the ‘nudge effect’: This week’s new books
Our reviewers cast their eyes over eight new fiction and non-fiction releases.
- Cameron Woodhead and Steven Carroll
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A controversial artwork, a reckoning and a posthumous release: 12 new books to delve into
The weather may be starting to cool down, but the books are heating up. Here are some of the best being published in March.
- Jason Steger
This critique of Western apathy about the war in Gaza is blistering
Journalist and novelist and Omar El Akkad’s book is a response to decades of reporting on the US-led “war on terror” and the Western response to Israel’s war on Gaza.
- Antony Loewenstein
Failures, missteps and absolute stinkers: Hollywood’s biggest flops
Tim Robey’s book explores some of Tinseltown’s least successful films.
- Tom Ryan
What happens when inner-city NIMBYs meet itinerant campers?
Maryrose Cuskelly’s new novel explores privilege and hypocrisy in a setting most of us are familiar with.
- Jessie Tu
Nobel laureate Han Kang examines South Korea’s painful history
Han’s new novel moves from realism to a literary form that marries historical testimony and surreal devices.
- Flynn Benson
Medieval women, 1970s suburbia and modern divorce: Eight new books
Our reviewers cast their eyes over new fiction and non-fiction releases.
- Cameron Woodhead and Fiona Capp
A century-spanning tale of family, art and money
Brian Castleberry’s epic novel uses interview scripts, magazine articles, memoir chapters, university essays, blogs and even text messages.
- Daniel Herborn
Juno Gemes’ powerful photographs capture 50 years of fighting
This compelling collection makes visible the battle for justice fought by First Nations peoples for the past half-century.
- Candida Baker
This skilfully braided novel has a breathtaking finale
Andrea Goldsmith’s new novel is a story of friendship, love, faith – and death.
- Carmel Bird
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