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The central theme in former FBI director’s impassioned book are the toxic consequences of lying

In Michael Chabon’s Moonglow, deathbed stories illuminate an era

In Exit West, Mohsin Hamid mixes global trouble with a bit of magic

Eric Fair’s book an agonised confession of his own complicity and an indictment of the system that enabled and tried to justify torture

The harsh struggle of four illegal migrants to make new lives for themselves in Britain

How did a tale about a young woman’s grief over her discovery of her father’s bigoted views evolve into a classic coming-of-age story

Psychological suspense surrounds the disappearance of a girl and her mother’s desperate attempts to find her

A dark satire gives an inside look at an American presidential campaign as the country reels from an economic tsunami

Joan Didion, whose literary works revolve around the precariousness of life, is a hard-headed survivor drawn to theatricality