Shiv Malik is an investigative correspondent for the Guardian, and author of The Messenger, published March 2016.
Shiv Malik is an investigative correspondent for the Guardian, and author of The Messenger, published March 2016.
Ian Dunt is editor of Politics.co.uk, political editor of the Erotic Review and a commentator on various TV channels, radio stations and newspapers
Ian Dunt is editor of Politics.co.uk, political editor of the Erotic Review and a commentator on various TV channels, radio stations and newspapers

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More than 90 years after it was published, The Great Gatsby has a more powerful grip on the imagination than ever. But what exactly is it about F Scott Fitzgerald’s American masterpiece that keeps us coming back? Sarah Churchwell spoke to Little Atoms about where the book came from and why it means so much
16/06/2017

More than 90 years after it was published, The Great Gatsby has a more powerful grip on the imagination than ever. But what exactly is it about F Scott Fitzgerald’s American masterpiece that keeps us coming back? Sarah Churchwell spoke to Little Atoms about where the book came from and why it means so much

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Alex Masters is the founding editor of BookSmoke (www.booksmoke.co.uk).She has written reviews, articles and author interviews for a range of publications, including The Guardian, Observer, newbooks and English PEN and she was a judge for The Guardian‘s Not the Booker Prize 2015.
Alex Masters is the founding editor of BookSmoke (www.booksmoke.co.uk).She has written reviews, articles and author interviews for a range of publications, including The Guardian, Observer, newbooks and English PEN and she was a judge for The Guardian‘s Not the Booker Prize 2015.
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