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• Constance Briscoe wins Ugly libel case

  Dec 1 2008:

  The barrister Constance Briscoe has won the libel case brought against her by her mother, Carmen Briscoe-Mitchell, over her bestselling misery memoir Ugly.

• Dear Grisjambon Vert...

  Nov 30 2008:

  Paperback of the week: Graham Greene - A Life in Letters
  This collection gives a satisfying sense of the lost world of sparkling interwar connections, says Vanessa Thorpe

• A Quixote who tells it like it is

  Nov 30 2008:

  Review: Gabriel García Márquez - A Life by Gerald Martin
  Forget magical realism - an exhaustive life of Gabriel García Márquez reveals him as a much worldlier writer than that, argues Stephen Smith

• Here are the ones they just couldn't put down

  Nov 30 2008:

  You don't have to be a novelist to love good writing. For our Christmas special, we asked a mix of public figures, Observer critics and people on the street to tell us which books thrilled them most this year

• Must we really talk about Kevin?

  Nov 30 2008:

  Review: Kevin Keegan by Ian Ridley
  This book ultimately suffers because of the lack of new material and insight, says Tim Lewis

• Castaway in Galloway

  Nov 30 2008:

  Review: A Book of Silence by Sara Maitland
  Novelist Sara Maitland, a lover of solitude, offers a practical rather than romantic guide to life in the middle of nowhere, says Kate Clanchy

• 'Hypnotism, bloody hypnotism'

  Nov 29 2008:

  Review: Thomas Beecham by John Lucas
  A dandy, autodidact and great conductor inspires Simon Callow with hope for the musical future

• At Large and At Small

  Nov 29 2008:

  Review: At Large and At Small by Anne Fadiman
  Fadiman sees herself as at once reviving and feminising the "familiar essay", says John Dugdale

• Mother's abuse made me attempt suicide, judge tells court

  Nov 25 2008:

  One of first black women judges in UK being sued over allegations of cruelty contained in her memoir

• Trescothick scores William Hill sports book victory

  Nov 24 2008:

  'Taboo-breaking' memoir takes £20,000 prize for retired England batsman

• Death of a Dissident

  Nov 23 2008:

  Review: Death of a Dissident by Alex Goldfarb with Marina Litvinenko

• Milton: Poet, Pamphleteer and Patriot

  Nov 23 2008:

  Review: Milton: Poet, Pamphleteer and Patriot by Anna Beer

• Death & the Author

  Nov 22 2008:

  Review: Death & the Author by David Ellis

• The gift of Gabo

  Nov 22 2008:

  Review: Gabriel García Márquez: A Life by Garald Martin
  Christopher Tayler enjoys the adventures of Latin America's most popular and colourful novelist

• Their life in my hands

  Nov 22 2008:

  Just how easy is it to get a star to spill the beans for their 'autobiography'? We ask seven ghostwriters

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