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The Tale of a Wall by Nasser Abu Srour review – a Palestinian prisoner writes
Jailed since the first intifada, Abu Srour charts a deeply personal journey through the conflict that has defined his life Attempts to end the violence in Gaza have focused on the exchange of ...
Rebel Wilson memoir: entire chapter on Sacha Baron Cohen redacted from book in Australia
Differences in defamation law mean the chapter, which was published in the US and highly publicised, will be blacked out in the Australian edition Rebel Wilson’s memoir will finally be publis...
Clock this delightful paean to dandelions | Brief letters
Country diary | Isfahan’s sights | Dilyn the dog’s fleas | Bald truths | Pate expectations I concur with Val Kirby’s letter (18 April ) about Jim Perrin’s prose “in praise of celandin...
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/24/clock-this-delightful-paean-to-dandelions
Rebel Wilson memoir to be published in UK with Sacha Baron Cohen passages redacted
Australian actor’s book Rebel Rising will have allegations of incident on set of Grimsby that left her ‘feeling bullied, humiliated, and compromised’ struck out The UK edition of Australi...
Diaries by Franz Kafka review – caught in the act
His uncensored journals disclose a messier, more sexual, complex figure – and reveal much about the process of writing In the late summer of 1917, following the first signs of the tuberculosi...
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/apr/24/diaries-by-franz-kafka-review-caught-in-the-act
Ten Years to Save the West by Liz Truss review – economical with the truth about her own downfall
The former PM’s whingeing, unintentionally hilarious and scapegoating rant about the economy-crashing disaster of her time in No 10 is best read as a cautionary tale of hubristic zeal Three p...
In brief: Whale Fall; The Beauty of Falling; My Friend Anne Frank – review
An impressive coming of age novel set on a Welsh island; a physicist’s lifelong obsession with gravity; and the harrowing story of a Holocaust survivor Elizabeth O’Connor Picador, £14.99, ...
Knife by Salman Rushdie review – a life interrupted
While the author’s account of the 2022 murder attempt is a courageous defence of free speech, it is also shot through with self-regard, making it a sometimes hard book to admire Twelve weeks ...
Bald by Stuart Heritage review – hair today, gone tomorrow
An unexpected twist on the grief memoir sees the Guardian writer chart the five stages of male-pattern baldness It takes Stuart Heritage almost 30 pages to summon the courage to write about his...
Knife by Salman Rushdie review – a story of hatred defeated by love
A book its author ‘would much rather not have needed to write’ ranges far beyond his attempted murder and recovery 10 things we learned from Salman Rushdie’s Knife A couple of nights bef...
There’s Always This Year by Hanif Abdurraqib review – hoop dreams and home truths
In this powerful, digressive book, the award-winning writer and poet considers basketball’s greats, the struggles of Black men and the ‘emotional politics of place’ The literary stamina o...
I was the poster girl for OCD. Then I began to question everything I’d been told about mental illness
When I sought help for crippling invasive thoughts, I was told I had a disease like any other. But I wasn’t able to recover until I understood the fallacy at the heart of mental healthcare Si...
Weekend podcast: what’s it like to be a sociopath?; Gen Z...st for Sex and the City; and Marina Hyde on President The Rock
Marina Hyde with her take on Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson’s surreal US presidential bid (1m23s); Emine Saner meets the sociopath who learned to behave – and found happiness (8m05s); why Gen ...
Alexei Navalny’s memoir due to be published posthumously in October
The Russian opposition politician, who died in prison in February, completed an autobiography which will come out later this year A memoir by the late Russian politician Alexei Navalny is due t...
A Body Made of Glass by Caroline Crampton review – anatomy of hypochondria
Memoir, cultural history and bleak humour characterise this brilliant personal exploration of health anxiety Caroline Crampton was 17 and midway through her A-levels when she was diagnosed wit...
The Half Bird by Susan Smillie review – a life less ordinary
How the author swapped journalism for the freedom, adventure and terror of life on the ocean Radical changes of direction seem to require a great deal of drama, at least in the recounting: a de...
‘I didn’t want to hurt that girl. I just felt this pres...�� The sociopath who learned to behave – and found happiness
Patric Gagne has spent most of her life fighting terrible urges. She is also a loving sister, daughter, mother and wife. She talks about her remarkable journey There is a slight flash in her ey...
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2024/apr/08/patric-gagne-sociopath-fighting-urges
How to Knit a Human by Anna Jacobson review – a remarkable memoir of psychosis
After undergoing electroconvulsive treatment, the author powerfully documents how art helped her recover her memory, autonomy and sense of self A young woman wakes in an unfamiliar white room. ...
‘Candid’, ‘remarkable’, ‘beguiling’: the best Australian books out in April
Each month Guardian Australia editors and critics pick the upcoming titles they have already devoured – or can’t wait to get their hands on Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email Nonf...
In brief: Tales from the Dancefloor; The Curse of Pietro Houdini; The Earth Transformed – review
Sacha Lord tells some enjoyable tales of Manchester clubbing, Derek B Miller blends wartime adventure and art-heist thriller, and Peter Frankopan attempts a planetary history SACHA LORD HarperN...