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Books of the Year | 5 November 2011

Our regular reviewers were asked to name the books they’d most enjoyed reading this year. More choices next week

Our regular reviewers were asked to name the books they’d most enjoyed reading this year. More choices next week

•  A.N. Wilson

Rachel Campbell-Johnson’s Mysterious Wisdom: The Life and Work of Samuel Palmer (Bloomsbury, £25) is one of those rare biographies which is a work of literature: beautifully written, overwhelmingly moving. A great art critic, with an understanding of the human heart has produced this masterpiece.

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