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The best books are those that tell you what you know already.

The sardonic words of Winston Smith in George Orwell's in 1984.

We'll be discussing what we might or might not already know about the man behind the books later in the programme when we're joined by Richard Blair, George Orwell's son.

But first, a book about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that fails to live up to Winston's reading desires.

Colin McCann's epic new novel, Aperagon, is as wide-ranging and surprising as it is bold.

At its core are the stories of two men, Rami and Basam, one Jewish, one Arab, both enveloped in the grief of having lost a daughter.

To this day, Basam is haunted by his daughter's bracelet of sweets.

In the hospital he was met by the taxi driver

and the shopkeeper who had travelled in the back with Abir.

A beer's shoe had been slipped back on her foot,

but the bracelet of sweets had disappeared.

It was not in her hand, not on her wrist, not in her pockets.

In the operating room, Basam kissed her forehead. A beer was still

breathing. The equipment beeped weakly. It was the sort of hospital that needed its own hospital.

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