, longlisted for the International Booker, has a disabled child at its centre and squares up to dangerous subjects. It is a heartening novel, because though it asks the reader to think hard, it puts its faith in simplicity and love. Neurologist Suzanne OâSullivan offers
The Sleeping Beauties: And Other Stories of Mystery Illness to put you wise about Havana syndrome and other puzzles: itâs not cheerful, but it is current and it is bracing.
David Nicholls
Something new: I very much enjoyed Meg Masonâs witty, affecting
Sorrow and Bliss. Something old: I love John Cheeverâs stories and am curious to know which have made it into Julian Barnesâs new selection,
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The Co Londonderry mother of a man shot up to 18 times by police in a Spanish hotel room has said she is determined to find out the circumstances around his death.
The family of a Brit killed by Spanish police in a hail of bullets believe he was ‘executed’.
Barber Sean Hercules, 39, was shot at least 18 times in a hotel on the Costa del Sol in what Spanish police described as a gun battle.
But, at an inquest today there was no evidence produced that married dad of two Sean, from, Leeds, West Yorkshire, was armed or posed any threat when he was gunned down.
West Yorkshire Senior Coroner Kevin McLoughlin criticised police in Estepona, near Marbella, for ‘a conspicuous lack of cooperation’ and in refusing to send any files have not helped ‘one inch’ in the inquest.