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December, 2019
‘The Topeka School’ by Ben Lerner
The American author’s latest novel canvasses the seething hate speech of the burgeoning alt-right and white-boy rap battles in the Midwest
![Cover of Peter Pomerantsev’s ‘This Is Not Propaganda’ [detail]](https://www.themonthly.com.au/sites/default/files/styles/front_image_new/public/Lohrey_1140x700_v2.jpg?itok=D-NaOvE9 "Cover of Peter Pomerantsev’s ‘This Is Not Propaganda’")
December, 2019
Agents of chaos: Peter Pomerantsev’s ‘This Is Not Propaganda’
The Russian expat journalist wonders if democracy can survive the internet, as social media is used to promote feelings over facts
December, 2019
Damascene subversion: Christos Tsiolkas’s ‘Damascus’
The literary storyteller’s latest novel wrestles with the mythology of Christianity’s founder, Paul the Apostle
September, 2017
‘A Legacy of Spies’ brings together two of John le Carré’s greatest characters – but why?
August, 2017
‘Mischka’s War’ is a historian’s honest attempt at preserving both love and objectivity
August, 2017
Bannon, Trump and ‘Devil’s Bargain’
Joshua Green chronicles Steve Bannon’s rise to prominence – and offers an insight into what he might be capable of now
July, 2017
Don Winslow’s latest novel transcends the New York cop story clichés
