Fireside reading: Six new reviews + Maclean’s bestsellers

The best in new books, plus an excerpt from Ross King’s Leonardo and The Last Supper

<p>38-year-old homeless tour guide Karim stands at the Prague’s main railway station during his tour in Prague November 20, 2012. Karim works for a student-run tour agency Pragulic as a tour guide that shows tourists the sides of Prague that sightseers would normally avoid. Picture taken November 20, 2012. To match CZECH-HOMELESS/TOUR REUTERS/Petr Josek (CZECH REPUBLIC – Tags: SOCIETY POVERTY TRAVEL)</p>

38-year-old homeless tour guide Karim stands at the Prague’s main railway station during his tour in Prague November 20, 2012. Karim works for a student-run tour agency Pragulic as a tour guide that shows tourists the sides of Prague that sightseers would normally avoid. Picture taken November 20, 2012. To match CZECH-HOMELESS/TOUR REUTERS/Petr Josek (CZECH REPUBLIC – Tags: SOCIETY POVERTY TRAVEL)

February 1, 2013

The Last Supper, 15th century mural painting in Milan created by Leonardo da Vinci for his patron Duke Ludovico Sforza and his duchess Beatrice d'Este. It represents the scene of The Last Supper from the final days of Jesus as narrated in the Gospel of Jo — Universal History Archive/Getty Images

Our latest book reviews:

Cataract, by John Berger, review by Brian Bethune

Artful, by Ali Smith, review by Mike Doherty

The Dinner, by Herman Koch, review by Anne Kingston

On the Map: A Mind Expanding Exploration of the Way the World Looks, by Simon Garfield, review by Colby Cosh

American Lady: The Life of Susan Mary Alsop, by Caroline de Margerie, review by Sarah Murdoch

Gun Machine, by Warren Ellis, review by Brian Bethune

Plus, an excerpt from Ross King’s Leonardo and The Last Supper, the second in our five-part series with The Charles Taylor Prize nominees.

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Fireside reading: Six new reviews + Maclean’s bestsellers

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