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LITERARY EDITOR SARRA MANNING PICKS YOUR NEW FAVOURITE READS

The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles (Hutchinson, £20, out 21st October) Emmett Watson, recently released from juvenile detention, and his little brother, Billy, plan to start a new life in California, but these plans are derailed by escapees Duchess and Woolly, who are New York-bound. With its exquisitely drawn characters, compelling plot and parallels with Greek mythology, The Lincoln Highway already feels like a coming-of-age classic alongside The Catcher In The Rye and To Kill A Mockingbird. Medusa: The Girl Behind The Myth by Jessie Burton (Bloomsbury YA, £14.99, out 28th October) Ahead of the publication of Jessie Burton’s sequel to The Miniaturist next year, fans get in formation for this beguiling, lyrical retelling of the myth of Medusa. Known for her hair of snakes and ability to turn men into stone, Medusa’s tragic backstory…

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