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The Best Books of 2020: Fiction
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The Best Books of 2020: Fiction

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 / 14 December 2020

We didn't turn to fiction for those much needed periods of escapism in 2020. Nor did we turn to fiction for answers, because of course, the best fiction doesn't provide "answers". We turned to these works of fiction for the questions they raise.

‘The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher’ Is White-Hot Storytelling by a Mind Possessed
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‘The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher’ Is White-Hot Storytelling by a Mind Possessed

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 / 15 December 2014
These stories are as delightful and fizzy as Hilary Mantel's many awe-inspiring historical novels.
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A Puddle of (Sometimes Funny) Gore: Hilary Mantel’s ‘Bring Up the Bodies’

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 / 15 July 2012