Books
Lead Feature
No easy way out
Western failures mean Pakistan and Afghanistan are dangerously unstable. A solution will be difficult as long as Pakistan's army and military intelligence continue to support the Taliban and al-Qaeda
Also in books
The line of beauty
In a brilliant and accessible study, Gert-Rudolf Flick unveils a succession of 18 artists - masters and pupils, stretching over five centuries from Perugino to Manet, by way of Raphael and David. Brian Sewell applauds a fascinating account of the how and what, the when and why of art
The hopeful traveller
Semi-Invisible Man: the Life of Norman Lewis
Julian Evans
Jonathan Cape, 792pp, £25
A bigger splash
Wild Swim: River, Lake, Lido and Sea - the Best Places to Swim Outdoors in Britain
Kate Rew
Guardian Books, 208pp, £16.99
Why Waugh went Mad
Madresfield: the Real Brideshead
Jane Mulvagh
Doubleday, 400pp, £20
Country melodramas
The Temple of the Wild Geese and Bamboo Dolls of Echizen
Tsutomu Mizukami, translated by Dennis Washburn
Dalkey Archive Press, 208pp, £14.99
Lost in Brussels
AL Kennedy on the perils of visiting Brussels, how to spot the British amidst a foreign crowd and on talking football in German when you don't understand it in English
New world orders?
Terrorism will become more common and more destructive in the 21st century. But is al-Qaeda really so new and uniquely dangerous?
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Praise be to Godard
Everything Is Cinema: the Working Life of Jean-Luc Godard
Richard Brody
Faber & Faber, 720pp, £30
Knock, knock
Hammer and Tickle: a History of Communism Told Through Communist Jokes
Ben Lewis
Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 368pp, £14.99
