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BooksTuesday, 23 September, 2003, 15:29 GMT 16:29 UK
Any Human Heart
Famous figures of the 20th century meet fake ones in William Boyd's new novel.

Jeffrey ArcherA Prison Diary
Newsnight Review discussed Jeffrey Archer's "A Prison Diary"

Zadie SmithThe Autograph Man
Zadie Smith's new novel, The Autograph Man.

Brick Lane book coverBrick Lane
In a special edition from the Hay Festival, Newsnight Review discussed Monica Ali's much anticipated first novel, Brick Lane.

Cosmopolis
Newsnight Review discussed Don De Lillo's latest book Cosmopolis.

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-TimeThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
In a special edition from the Hay Festival, Newsnight Review discussed The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon.

Iain BanksDead Air
"Dead Air" is the latest novel by best-selling author Iain Banks.

Melvin BurgessDoing It
Newsnight Review discussed the novel Doing It by Melvin Burgess.

Paulo Coelho Eleven Minutes
Newsnight Review discussed Eleven Minutes by Brazilian author Paulo Coelho.

The Emperor of Ocean Park
An epic legal thriller by Stephen Carter which received the biggest advance ever for a first novel.

Percival EverettErasure
Newsnight Review discussed Erasure by the American academic Percival Everett.

Everything is Illuminated
A daring comic novel set in the Ukraine by 24-year-old New Yorker Jonathan Safran Foer.

Fragrant Harbour
Hong Kong from capitalism to communism in the new novel by John Lanchester, published by Faber and Faber.

Gould's Book of Fish
A book by Richard Flanagan, the prize-winning Australian novelist.

Milan KunderaIgnorance
Newsnight Review discuss Milan Kundera's new novel "Ignorance" which explores the anguish of exile.

In the Forest
A novel by Edna O'Brien based on a horrific series of murders that happened in rural Ireland in 1993.

Kingdom of Fear
Newsnight Review discussed Kingdom of Fear: Loathsome Secrets of a Star Crossed child in the final days of the American Century by Hunter S Thompson.

Martin AmisKoba the Dread
"Koba the Dread" - Novelist Martin Amis turns political historian in a new book about Stalin.

Graham Swift's The Light Of Day
Newsnight Review discussed Graham Swift's new novel The Light Of Day.

Donna TarttThe Little Friend
Newsnight Review discussed Donna Tartt's new novel, The Little Friend, ten years after The Secret History.

The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
A murdered schoolgirl's views from heaven in a new novel by Alice Sebold - The Lovely Bones

The Man Who Walks
An intense, affectionate and surreal new novel from the writer Alan Warner.

Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
Newsnight Review discussed Middlesex: the new novel from Jeffrey Eugenides, author of The Virgin Suicides.

A Million Little PiecesA Million Little Pieces
In a special edition from the Hay Festival, Newsnight Review discussed A Million Little Pieces by James Frey.

The Murder Room
Newsnight Review discussed PD James's latest novel, The Murder Room.

No Way To Treat A First LadyNo Way To Treat A First Lady
Newsnight Review discussed Christopher Buckley's novel No Way To Treat A First Lady.

Thomas KeneallyThe Office of Innocence
Newsnight Review discuss Thomas Keneally's latest book "The Office of Innocence"

Margaret AtwoodOryx And Crake
Newsnight Review discussed Margaret Atwood's novel Oryx And Crake.

Personality
Newsnight Review discussed Personality, the latest book by Andrew O'Hagan.

Porno by Irvine WelshPorno
"Porno" is the latest book by Irvine Welsh, a sequel to "Trainspotting".

Andrew MotionPublic Property
"Public Property" is Andrew Motion's first book as Poet Laureate.

Roscoe
Pulitzer prize winner William Kennedy's latest book in his Albany cycle, "Roscoe"

The Salmon of Doubt
The final book by Douglas Adams, the writer of Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy.

Esther FreudThe Sea House
Newsnight Review discussed Esther Freud's novel The Sea House.

John UpdikeSeek My Face
Newsnight Review discussed John Updike's new novel Seek My Face.

Carol ShieldsCarol Shields
Newsnight Review discussed The Canadian novelist Carol Shields who died on Wednesday night at the age of 68.

Soul Circus
Newsnight Review discussed the novel Soul Circus by George P Pelecanos.

Stancliffe's Hotel
Newsnight Review discussed a newly discovered novella by Charlotte Bronte.

Still Here
Liverpool as a port for memories in the new novel from Orange Prize winner Linda Grant.

The Story of Lucy Gault
The latest novel from prolific Irish writer William Trevor, about belonging and loss in "The Story of Lucy Gault"

The Stranger At The Palazzo D'OroThe Stranger At The Palazzo D'Oro
Newsnight Review discussed Paul Theroux's new novel, The Stranger At The Palazzo D'Oro.

That Old Ace In The Hole
Newsnight Review discussed the latest novel from E. Annie Proulx, the American writer whose The Shipping News won the Pulitzer Prize and became an international bestseller.

Tietam BrownTietam Brown
Newsnight Review discussed Tietam Brown, the first novel by Mick Foley - three times World Federation Wrestling champion.

Trouble at Willow Gables
The poet Philip Larkin as an Angela Brazil with added lesbianism in this posthumously published novel.

Twelve
Twelve - debut fiction from 18 year old American Nick McDonell about sex, drugs and violence.

Vernon God Little
Newsnight Review discussed the comic novel Vernon God Little, the debut novel of Peter Finlay, who writes under the pseudonym of DBC Pierre.

Waiting Period
A would-be suicide turns to homicide in the new novel by the author of Last Exit To Brooklyn, Hubert Selby Jr.

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Newsnight Review discussed the war poetry of Harold Pinter
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