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Erica Wagner: what to read this week

One of Erica Wagner's recommendations this week is Salman Rushdie's gripping memoirs of his years in hiding
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    One of Erica Wagner's recommendations this week is Salman Rushdie's gripping memoirs of his years in hiding Times photographer, David Bebber

Our literary editor’s guide to what’s hot in the world of books. Click the above tab for Erica’s full guide to this week’s books

Joseph Anton by Salman Rushdie
The author’s gripping, funny, and frightening account of his years in hiding following the publication of his novel, The Satanic Verses. Brilliant. Full review

The Outsider by Albert Camus, translated by Sandra Smith
This is a new translation by the writer who brought Irene Nemirovsky to fame - clean and spare, it makes you see Camus’ classic afresh. Full essay

Grimm Tales by Philip Pullman
Another classic of a very different kind. Pullman’s versions of his selection of the Grimm’s Kinder- und Hausmärchen not only give us new versions of the tales of Snow White and

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