Book review

Tom Stoppard: A Life by Hermione Lee reviewed

The Denial by Ross Clark reviewed

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Mussolini’s War: Fascist Italy from Triumph to Collapse, 1935-1943 by John Gooch reviewed

His Very Best: Jimmy Carter, a Life by Jonathan Alter reviewed

Antiracist Baby by Ibram X. Kendi reviewed

The Bass Rock by Evie Wyld reviewed

Great Demon Kings: A Memoir of Poetry, Sex, Art, Death, and Enlightenment by John Giorno reviewed

To the Lake: A Balkan Journey of War and Peace by Kapka Kassabova reviewed

This Is What America Looks Like: My Journey from Refugee to Congresswoman by Ilhan Omar reviewed

The Bilingual Brain: And What It Tells Us About the Language of Science by

Don’t Burn This Book: Thinking for Yourself in an Age of Unreason by Dave Rubin reviewed

The Idealist: Wendell Willkie’s Wartime Quest to Build One World by Samuel Zipp reviewed

India’s Founding Moment: The Constitution of a Most Surprising Democracy by Madhav Khosla reviewed

Plaintiff in Chief: a Portrait of Donald Trump in 3,500 Lawsuits by James D. Zirin reviewed

Self-Portrait in Black and White: Unlearning Race by Thomas Chatterton Williams reviewed