Editors choose their 'winners and losers' of 2015

Max Porter's debut Grief is the Thing with Feathers (Faber), Man Booker winner A Brief History of Seven Killings (Oneworld) by Marlon James and Elena Ferrante's Neopolitan quartet (Europa) are among the titles highlighted by publishers as books that made their year, or that they wish they had published, or which deserved more attention than they received. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2015-12-22 00:00:00 UTC ]

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