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A review of ’The Kept’
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Books
The first instalment of France’s blockbuster ’Joséphine trilogy’
A review of ’The Yellow Eyes of Crocodiles’
Spider-man on Broadway: ’When does a work of art become a failure?’
A review of ’Song of Spider-man: The Inside Story of the Most Controversial Musical in Broadway History’
Was your New Year’s Resolution to read more? Start here
This week: how we got the Parthenon all wrong, the derailment of Spider-man and the novel that took France by storm
The best reads of 2014
Miriam Toews, weird science, a bird’s-eye view of the Great War and, of course, Rob Ford.
Ian Rankin on Rebus’ return, and whether he’ll kill his famous character
In conversation with the best-selling author
Fireside reading
Our latest reviews and the Maclean’s list of bestsellers
Why I turned down Downton Abbey: Rebecca Eaton
Masterpiece’s executive director reflects on 28 years with PBS
Smarter Than You Think
by Clive Thompson
Love and Math: The Heart of Hidden Reality
By Edward Frenkel