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Jonathan Lethem has a reputation across the pond for experimental writing and diverse subject matter, and while this slim collection shows signs of both, it’s also for the most part not very good. The nine stories can be loosely spilt into two categories, realist and absurd, with the four tales that tend towards realism being the more successful.

It was a tall order for Paul Murray to come up with a follow-up to 2010’s Skippy Dies, a novel which I declared in my review to be the funniest book I had read all year. Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize, shortlisted for the Costa, and a finalist for the National Book Awards, Skippy Dies was a bittersweet story of a boy in a Catholic boys’ boarding school in Ireland, and was itself a sequel to Murray’s debut novel An Evening of Long Goodbyes, which was shortlisted for the Whitbread First Novel Award in 2003. Читать дальше...

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad issued a decree announcing a general amnesty for military deserters who violated the country's compulsory military conscription law, state television said on Saturday.

Foreign criminals are pushing up UK house prices by buying expensive homes to launder money, according to a law enforcement chief.

Come August 1, 2015, Hyundai will hike the prices of all of its cars currently being sold in the country. The only exception to this rule will be Korean carmaker’s latest kid on the block, the Creta. Hyundai cars will now become Rs.30,000 dearer to your wallet than before. So if you are mulling on purchasing a Hyundai […]

The U.S. economy is growing at a painfully slow pace. Greece still threatens the euro. Chinese stocks have just pulled out of a frightening free-fall. Big companies in the U.S. are struggling to boost profits.

Angel Di Maria is inching closer to ending his Manchester United career sooner than anyone expected as Paris Saint-Germain near a move for the unsettled winger.

BUDAPEST, July 25 (Reuters) - Double Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton completed a Hungarian Grand Prix treble on Saturday with the fastest lap in final practice after also dominating the previous two sessions.

US President Barack Obama praises African economic growth in a speech in the Kenyan capital on Saturday. Julie Noce reports.

US President Barack Obama praises African economic growth in a speech in the Kenyan capital on Saturday. Julie Noce reports.

US President Barack Obama praises African economic growth in a speech in the Kenyan capital on Saturday. Julie Noce reports.

US President Barack Obama praises African economic growth in a speech in the Kenyan capital on Saturday. Julie Noce reports.

BERLIN (Reuters) - Global metropolis Beijing will go head-to-head with the little-known Kazakh city of Almaty for the right to host the 2022 winter Olympics when the International Olympic Committee elects the winner at its session in Malaysia next week.

July 25 (Infostrada Sports) - 3rd and Final Free Practice Session from the Formula One Hungarian Grand Prix at Hungaroring on Saturday 1. Lewis Hamilton (Britain) Mercedes 1:22.997 2. Nico Rosberg (Germany) Mercedes 1:23.095 3. Sebastian Vettel (Germany) Ferrari 1:23.886 4. Daniil Kvyat (Russia) RedBull - Renault 1:24.215 5. Carlos Sainz Jr (Spain) Toro Rosso - Renault 1:24.326 6. Nico Huelkenberg (Germany

LONDON, July 25 (Reuters) - Being humiliated by 405 runs in the second Ashes test by Australia was a setback but England will not dwell on it when the third test gets underway at Edgbaston on Wednesday, fast bowler Stuart Broad has said.

An Australian man is killed by a shark while diving for scallops off the coast of Tasmania. Julie Noce reports.

An Australian man is killed by a shark while diving for scallops off the coast of Tasmania. Julie Noce reports.

An Australian man is killed by a shark while diving for scallops off the coast of Tasmania. Julie Noce reports.

BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Toro Rosso boss Franz Tost has defended Formula One's decision to race in Azerbaijan next year while brushing off concerns about media freedom and the country's human rights record.

BUDAPEST, July 25 (Reuters) - Toro Rosso boss Franz Tost has defended Formula One's decision to race in Azerbaijan next year while brushing off concerns about media freedom and the country's human rights record.

Users of Ebay and other online sales sites are facing a tax crackdown following government plans to obtain data on millions of internet transactions.

Users of Ebay and other online sales sites are facing a tax crackdown following government plans to obtain data on millions of internet transactions.

Keep up-to-date with the latest transfer news and rumours throughout the day here.

Police in Oklahoma say they have turned to social media posts for clues about the motive of a teenager accused in the stabbing deaths of his parents and three siblings during a late-night attack that left bodies strewn...