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John’s Book of the Year
lode
Gillian Allnutt
£12.00
‘Taut, humane lyrics, touching on Corona-times, the North East of England, the second world war, the homely and the numinous – and transforming everything it touches. It’s an astonishment, a poet at the very peak of her powers.’ – John’s Book of the Year 2025
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Winner of the Booker Prize 2025
Flesh
David Szalay
£18.99
‘I don’t think I’ve read a novel that uses the white space on the page so well. It’s as if the author, David Szalay, is inviting the reader to fill the space, to observe – almost to create – the character with him. The writing is spare and that is its great strength. Every word matters; the spaces between the words matter. The book is about living, and the strangeness of living and, as we read, as we turn the pages, we’re glad we’re alive and reading – experiencing – this extraordinary, singular novel.’ – Roddy Doyle, chair of judges for the Booker Prize 2025
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