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Chief Book Critic @Independent; 'Bloomsbury Boy', Salt Publishing, 2027 www.saltpublishing.com/products/bloomsbury-boy-9781784634384 Agent: @LyndyCooke
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What to read in July, from David Sedaris to Colson Whitehead

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Books of the Month: What to read in July, from David Sedaris to the stylish finale of Colson Whitehead’s Harlem Trilogy

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The arbitrariness of star ratings is a tricky aspect of appraising books, films, music, plays – or Airbnb kitchens. In Benji Wilson's breezy, enjoyable Rate This Book: How Star Ratings Took Over the World (New Modern Arcade), the TV critic unpicks the history, psychology, trustworthiness and impact of those little classification symbols, which are taking over every area of modern consumer life. It perhaps won't be too long before a person's death earns its own ranking.
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What to read in June, including a book from Hamnet’s Maggie O’Farrell

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