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The former Lazard chairman was known for his aversion to Wall Street fads and his ability to spot banking talent
The Pulp frontman’s attic clear-out makes for a droll, unlikely rock star memoir
Lindsey Fitzharris brings to life a neglected slice of medical history in the story of surgeon Harold Gillies and his work on disfigured soldiers
The French writer documents with clarity and honesty his search for peace through eastern philosophy
A nuanced portrait of the American Vogue editor fails to find the woman behind the mystery
This most knowing of writers could have written a fascinating study of late-life creation — a shame then, that it reads like disjointed musings
Miranda Seymour’s sympathetic biography balances the torrid aspects of the writer’s life with insight into her literary influences
Set during France’s Ancien Régime, this engaging novel harnesses our sympathies in a picaresque search for truth
This very readable account of an institution in flux is entertaining but light on revelations
Katherine Rundell’s remarkable biography captures the many selves of the extraordinarily gifted Elizabethan poet
John Walsh’s celebrity-strewn memoir recalls a golden age of British publishing
Pulitzer Prizer-winner Kathryn Schulz’s memoir is a tender exploration of life, loss and the discovery of joy
Daisy Hay brings to vivid life the publisher who befriended some of the 18th century’s most radical figures
This final, posthumous instalment by celebrated biographer John Richardson brings his gripping account of Picasso’s life up to 1943
Elizabeth Wilson’s meticulous biography examines the fame, friendships and extraordinary life of a fearless performer
The Chilean writer’s affectionate satire of a teacher-turned-de facto stepdad is crisply translated by Megan McDowell
Stephen Galloway’s account is a sympathetic portrait of the actors’ doomed marriage
Does Sean Thor Conroe’s much-hyped debut really mark the arrival of a fresh voice?
A quartet of essays revisits the themes of the author’s Naples-based novels, and pays tribute to female strengths
A new translation of his epic The Story of a Life charts the rise of Bolshevism and events that still haunt us today
The smartphone pervades this fragmentary Berlin-set memoir, which weaves between encounters with nature and failed efforts to find love
A fascinating memoir by curator James Birch on a defining moment in 1988 when Russia began to open up to the world after decades of self-isolation
The rise and fall of the dynasty, from opium traders to the British upper classes, has resonance for today’s super-rich
The American novelist and hatchet-wielding literary commentator paid personally and publicly for her relationship with the poet Robert Lowell
How a boy from a book-free home began a life-long love affair with reading
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