Michael Arditti

The book as narrator: The Pages, by Hugo Hamilton, reviewed

Rescued from the Nazi book-burning, a copy of Joseph Roth’s novel Rebellion describes its readers and the events it witnesses

Joseph Roth, a copy of whose book, Rebellion, is the narrator of Hugo Hamilton’s novel. [Alamy]
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  • The Pages

    Hugo Hamilton

    Fourth Estate, pp. 304, £14

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