Linden MacIntyre on writing about the reverberations of war
The former CBC journalist shares the experiences that inspired his new, Lebanese Civil War-centred novel, and explains why his next won’t be a thriller
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Books
The five books everyone is talking about this August
Books to read this month: in fiction and non-fiction, ripping tales of fraud, deceit, murder and (environmental) mayhem on the high seas
Princess Diana’s legacy is more urgent than ever
Exclusive excerpt: Two decades after Diana’s tragic death in Paris, Tina Brown’s new book remembers Di’s compassion, glamour and rebellious spirit
The untold story of the Ritchie Boys
How German-Jewish refugees who fled the Nazis gathered military intelligence in Europe for the U.S.
David Mitchell on translating—and learning from—Naoki Higashida
The author of ’Cloud Atlas’ and ’The Bone Clocks’ credits the autistic Higashida with helping him understand his own boy
’Walking between worlds’ in America’s borderlands
Both Mexican-Americans and Akwesasne Mohawks must contend with human trafficking, environmental ruin and post-9/11 paranoia
And now, a word from the Oxford English Dictionary
The spring list of additions to the venerable word compendium shows how technological change affects language
American crime writer Don Winslow on guns, politics, drugs, and the police
The author takes inspiration from The Sopranos, The Wire and—in his new book, The Force—hip-hop
The Maclean’s Bestsellers list: Week of June 27
From Paula Hawkins to Sherman Alexie, these are the hottest titles in fiction and non-fiction
Why our spoons will soon play music and we’ll eat bugs with our hands
The new science of ’gastrophysics’ studies how and why we eat, and is already starting to overhaul the way we dine