An account of one of the most devastating attacks by a single man in European history is a compelling study of how someone who doesn’t feel accepted by society can turn extreme and evil, writes Eoghan O’Sulllivan.

This month, Europe marked two anniversaries that inspire sober reflection. July 11 was the 20th anniversary of the massacre of 8,000 Muslim men and boys in Bosnia.

THERE are many times reading One of Usthat you have to stop. Where your stomach cramps. Where you have to catch a breath. Where tears well up and, sometimes, flow.

The author and publisher of bestselling The Bookseller of Kabul have been ordered to pay 250,000 kroner (€31,345) in damages to a woman portrayed in the book.