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Burning Questions: Essays 20042020

Margaret Atwood In over 50 pieces Atwood aims her prodigious intellect and impish humour at the world, and reports back to us on what she finds. This roller-coaster period brought a financial crash, the rise of Trump and a pandemic. From debt to tech, the climate crisis to freedom; from when to dispense advice to the young (answer: only when asked) to how to define granola, we have no better guide to the mysteries of our universe.

Moon Witch, Spider King Marlon James

In this follow-up to his #1 bestseller Black Leopard, Red Wolf, Man Booker-winner Marlon James once again draws on a rich tradition of African mythology, fantasy and history to imagine a mythic world, a lost child, a 177year-old witch, a deadly regal chancellor, and a mystery with many answers.