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If your Act One was all about figuring out who you were, and Act Two was about proving it to everyone else (whilst juggling a million glass balls), Act Three is where you get to drop the mask, reclaim

We tend to imagine our literary icons in ivory towers – poised, thoughtful, wrapped in something muted and cashmere, tapping away at sleek laptops. Perhaps it’s how you picture yourself when attemptin

by Gareth Rubin (£18.99, Simon & Schuster) This would be an excellent book club choice! An ambitious novel, with four interconnected mysteries, it takes the reader through centuries. Beginning with Sh