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‘First Take’, released 50 years ago, still echoes through the present
‘The Lying Life of Adults’ by Elena Ferrante
The Neapolitan author returns to characters driven by compulsions and tensions of class
‘The Time of Our Lives’ by Robert Dessaix
The memoirist’s latest, surprisingly unsettling instalment
In our nature: ‘Vesper Flights’
Helen Macdonald explores how the study of animals reveals unknown aspects of ourselves
American democracy is documented in all its gangly, acne-mottled glory
The life and tunes of a great Australian songwriter
Bryan Dawe on life without John Clarke
Processing trauma: ‘I May Destroy You’
Michaela Coel’s inventive series charting sexual assault and creativity is this month’s streaming standout
Bunkered down: ‘The Translators’
With a confusing plot and a reliance on clichés, the French thriller fails to excite
The shifting interior: Chris Smith’s ‘Second Hand Smoke’
The home-recording Melbourne guitarist’s first album in more than a decade is free-ranging yet ruminative