Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? by Jeanette Winterson
Winterson’s honesty is searing in this memoir, but never self-indulgent. There’s also playfulness here, a sage look back at a life lived to the full.
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The Pigeon Tunnel, by John le Carré
The master of the spy thriller pulls no punches over the dubious goings-on post-WW2 between the British, US and German governments.