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Joe Linker on Elif Batuman’s The Idiot

Joe Linker on Elif Batuman’s The Idiot

“Why wouldn’t you call it a novel?”

“Why wouldn’t you call it a novel?”

The ghosts of 1984 were Sumerian shape-shifting demons transplanted to Central Park West…

The ghosts of 1984 were Sumerian shape-shifting demons transplanted to Central Park West…

‘I found myself thinking about high heels’

‘I found myself thinking about high heels’

“Douchebags” in Print

“Douchebags” in Print

Ship Out

Why Elif Batuman doesn’t read reviews

Why Elif Batuman doesn’t read reviews

Elif Batuman: Bumf

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Elif Batuman: Down with Creative Writing

‘Wasn’t the point of love that it made you want to learn more, to immerse yourself, to become possessed?’

(Read Elif Batuman: Into the Eisenshpritz)

Book excerpt:

‘The Possessed’ by Elif Batuman

Elif Batuman: ‘Surely there was some mystery that could only be solved at Tolstoy’s house?’