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London Review of Books Christmas Books

Arch-Appropriator

Dan Jacobson

  • King Leopold’s Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror and Heroism in Central Africa by Adam Hochschild

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Dan Jacobson’s novels include All for Love and The Confessions of Joseph Baisz.

From the archive

Mad or bad?
Michael Ignatieff: Insanity and the Law

Hitler’s Teeth
Neal Ascherson: Berlin 1945

Kemalism
Perry Anderson: After the Ottomans

Ultimate Choice
Malcolm Bull: Thoughts of Genocide

Let him be Caesar!
Michael Dobson: The Astor Place Riot