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Razor-sharp view of a polyglot America

A number of excellent books made their debuts in paperback form this year.

To cite just a handful, almost at random: Furnace by Wayne Price, Foal's Bread by Gillian Mears, The Dinner by Herman Koch, To The Island by Meaghan Delahunt and Sightlines by Kathleen Jamie.

Lisa O'Donnell's equally deserving The Death Of Bees won't see hardback publication until January and, for Nikita Lalwani's The Village, readers will have to wait until July.

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