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This week, Thea Lenarduzzi and Lucy Dallas are joined by the critic Nelly Kapri\\xe8lian and the TLS\\u2019s French editor Russell Williams to discuss \\u2018An\\xe9antir\\u2019, the latest novel by France\\u2019s best-known and maybe most controversial writer, Michel Houellebecq; the TLS\\u2019s Toby Lichtig talks us through a new memoir by the \\u2018pre-eminent author of British Jewish novels\\u2019, Howard Jacobson, and we consider a masterclass in sympathy from Anne Tyler, a tale of revenge by Japan\\u2019s \\u2018Queen of mysteries\\u2019, and a wartime reckoning in Finland.

\\u2018An\\xe9antir\\u2019 by Michel Houellebecq

\\u2018Mother\\u2019s Boy: A writer\\u2019s beginnings\\u2019 by Howard Jacobson

\\u2018French Braid\\u2019 by Anne Tyler

\\u2018Lady Joker: Volume one\\u2019 by Kaoru Takamura, translated by Marie Iida and Allison Markin Powell  

\\u2018Land of Snow & Ashes\\u2019 by Petra Rautiainen, translated by David Hackston

Produced by Sophia Franklin

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