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Books of the Year | 16 November 2017

A further selection of the best and most overrated books of 2017, chosen by some of our regular reviewers

issue 18 November 2017

Daniel Swift

I spent too much of this (and last) year reading anaemic updatings of Shakespeare plays: pale novels which borrowed plots and missed points and, oddly, always misunderstood the minor characters. After these, Preti Taneja’s We That Are Young (Galley Beggar Press, £9.99) came as a relief and a surprise.

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