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FICTION
1 WHITE TEETH,by Zadie Smith (Hamilton) — UK sensation’s first novel about culture clash in London is a winner.
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2 ANIL’S GHOST, by Michael Ondaatje (McClelland & Stewart) — Follow-up to The English Patient is still going strong.
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3 DISGRACE, by J.M. Coetzee (Vintage) — Crafty Booker winner turns into popular summer reading.
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4 AFFINITY, by Sarah Waters (Putnam) — Excellent follow-up to Tipping The Velvet unfolds in a women’s prison.
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5 MAGIC EIGHT BALL, by Marion Douglas (Press Gang) — Lesbian-tinged tale takes off when a kid’s toy fires a young girl’s imagination.
NON-FICTION
1 EXPERIENCE,by Martin Amis (Knopf) — UK novelist pens a moving memoir.
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2 DJ CULTURE, by Ulf Poschardt (Quartet) — Hot new analysis of life inside the spin zone.
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3 IN A SUNBURNED COUNTRY, by Bill Bryson (Duke) — Whip-smart travel guru goes to Australia.
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4 FELA: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF AN AFRICAN MUSICAL ICON,by Michael Veal (Temple) — A rigorous overview of the life and influence of Fela Kuti.
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5 CONTINGENCY, HEGEMONY AND UNIVERSALITY, edited by Judith Butler, Ernesto Laclau and Slavoj Zizec (Verso) — Heavyweight theorists compile dialogues on the left.
