ANDY HEDGECOCK is entertained by a playful novel that embeds a fictional game at its heart
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Crime fiction round-up
Reviews of The Graves of Whitechapel, The Finisher, Quiet Acts Of Violence and A Quiet Death in Italy
Death comes for Liberals, entitled murder, Vatican hit squads, and fraternising with the Blitz killer
New releases from Public Image Ltd, William Basinski, and John Luther Adams
GABRIELE NEHER draws attention to an astoundingly skilled Flemish painter who defied the notion that women cannot paint like men
The Bard pays homage to Hull’s finest promoter and venue, and awards Douze Points to Laibach
KEVIN DONNELLY outlines how the bourgeois institutions inhibit our ability to to view art in revolutionary ways, and suggests some tactics to overturn it
THE GRAVES of Whitechapel by Claire Evans (Sphere, £18.99) takes place in the 1880s and features Old Bailey barrister Cage Lackmann.
He’s famous for only ever defending the innocent and for using his courtroom brilliance to save them against seemingly impossible odds.
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