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Philip Womack
Book Review
James Shapiro’s timely account of the rise and fall of an influential public theater
The Playbook is a dramatic tale, full of overreaching ambition, dastardly plots, embattled heroes and last-minute reversals
By Philip Womack
Book Review
John Freeman’s
Hit and Run
is gorgeously crafted
This is a work about significant moments, glittering with reflections and refractions
By Philip Womack
Book Review
Salman Rushdie’s memoir is a devastating and powerful account of near-death
The writer remains strong, his determination to write a beacon for anyone who cares about freedom of thought and speech
By Philip Womack
Books
The frustrating rise of celebrities ‘writing’ children’s books
When you give a child a book by a celebrity, you are feeding their minds with advertising
By Philip Womack
Book Review
Kelly Link upholds and upturns conventions
The Book of Love
, her debut novel, brilliantly takes on fantasy tropes
By Philip Womack
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