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Autumn fiction special 2024 | The Guardian

  • ️Sun Aug 25 2024

The Observer's guide to the season's best new novels

  • Two pages depicting the fire scene from the Lord of the Flies graphic novel.

    Lord of the Flies at 70: how a classic was reimagined as a graphic novel

    Dutch illustrator Aimée de Jongh talks about turning William Golding’s haunting novel into a visual artwork, while the author’s daughter and others reflect on its evolving message of humanity

  • Julia Armfield, left, and Eliza Clark.

    ‘I feel like when I’m 50 people will take me seriously’: novelists Eliza Clark and Julia Armfield in conversation

    The two authors, who became friends during lockdown, discuss their experiences in the UK publishing industry, the day job, and books they love

    • The best new novels for autumn 2024, from Sally Rooney to Jonathan Coe and Haruki Murakami

    • Alan Hollinghurst: an exclusive extract from his new novel Our Evenings

    • Roddy Doyle: ‘People used to say I was undermining family life … ludicrous stuff’