Tim Winton takes a thoughtful look at humanity’s impact on the planet
If Tim Winton’s first novel concerned with climate change, 2013’s Eyrie, was a secular gospel – an account of redemption in a fallen world – then this is the Book of Revelation.
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The gilded lives of the Paget twins
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Richard Flanagan asks hard questions of his own life
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How to Win Friends and Conquer the Human Race: AI tells all
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Such is wife: a new look at Orwell’s life
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Losing our souls to the AI machines
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New take on lost kids narrative
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