Cameron Woodhead and Fiona Capp cast their eyes over recent fiction and non-fiction releases.
A magical café in the heart of Tokyo allows its customers to travel briefly back in time in the bestselling series from Japanese playwright Toshikazu Kawaguchi. In this the fourth instalment, another selection of regulars gets drawn to the café to confront the past and amend a regret. A man wants to visit his wife, having left something important unsaid. A woman returns to say a final goodbye to her treasured dog. A lover feels the urge to clear the air with her ex.
Ultimately, it’s about justice and the absence of it. While the style is hard-boiled, there’s no tough-guy posturing or authorial overreach. Just a riveting story well told.The ancient Greek gods and goddesses can all too easily seem like a bunch of amoral brats. While their capricious and destructive behaviour is a reflection of the natural world, says Natalie Haynes, it is also a mirror for human society and open to reinterpretation.
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