Person: David Bellos

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Book review: The Novel of the Century — The Extraordinary Adventure of Les Misérables A narrative of misery

An analysis of Les Misérables, Victor Hugo’s masterpiece, pulls no punches but is it a knockout? Josephine Fenton discovers that David Bellos is at pains to match Hugo’s own life to those portrayed in the novel    

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‘Portrait of a Man’ has the feel of some uncovered treasure

IN A BASEMENT studio just outside Paris, Gaspard Winckler, a master forger, has just murdered Anatole Madera, the crooked head of a group of international art dealers, and his patron. 

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The Night Circus , Erin Morgenstern. Harvill Secker, £12.99

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‘Portrait of a Man’ has the feel of some uncovered treasure

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