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Judgement at Tokyo
world War II on Trial and the Making of Modern Asia
2023 || Paperback || Gary J. Bass || Picador
The definitive account of the Tokyo war crimes trials of 1946-48, WWII and the beginning of the end of the European empires in Asia and the impact the settlement has had on post-war China and Japan, the wider history of East and South Asia and of the world to this day.
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If Cats Disappeared from the World
Paperback || Genki Kawamura || Picador
Our narrator’s days are numbered. Estranged from his family, living alone with only his cat Cabbage for company, he was unprepared for the doctor’s diagnosis that he has only months to live. But before he can set about tackling his bucket list, the Devil appears with a special offer: in exchange for making one thing in the world disappear, he can have one extra day of life. And so begins a very bizarre week . . .
Because how do you decide what makes life worth living? How do you separate ...
Wellness (Heruitgave)
2024 || Paperback || Nathan Hill || Picador
The story of a marriage, a city and a society over two decades, Wellness is a major novel of our times, in the tradition of Jonathan Franzen and Elizabeth Strout.
My Beloved Life
2024 || Hardcover || Amitava Kumar || Picador
An exceptionally moving novel that traces the arc of a man’s life from his 1935 birth in a small village in India to his death from Covid.
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Dead Weight
on hunger, harm and disordered eating
2024 || Paperback || Emmeline Cline || Picador
Fusing memoir and cultural history, this is an essential exploration of disordered eating in the internet era.
The Lantern of Lost Memories
2024 || Hardcover || Sanaka Hiiragi || Picador
Rosarita
2024 || Hardcover || Anita Desai || Picador
A young student sits on a bench in a park in San Miguel, Mexico. Bonita is away from her home in India to learn Spanish. She is alone, somewhere she has no connection to. It is bliss.
And then a woman approaches her. The woman claims to recognize Bonita because she is the spitting image of her mother, who made the same journey from India to Mexico as a young artist. No, says Bonita, my mother didn’t paint. She never travelled to Mexico. But this strange woman insists, and so Bonita follows ...
Ask Me Again
2024 || Paperback || Clare Sestanovich || Picador
&i>Ask Me Again&/i> is a smart and funny coming-of-age novel that explores platonic love and what is is to define yourself and your beliefs in a world obsessed by the things that divide us.
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How Life Works
a User’s Guide to the New Biology
2023 || Paperback || Philip Ball || Picador
Over the past two decades, our understanding of the ways life functions have been transformed in many ways but the public narratives about biology have not kept up. By drawing on these recent discoveries and insights, this book outlines a new vision of biology for the 21st century.