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Last night I dreamt I was Secretary of State for Defence, suddenly, and on my first day I befriended a family of very large hedgehogs, cancelled champagne for the army, and got taken by my private secretaries to a fundraiser thing that turned out to be a very weird orgy, held in my private grotto up a tower, and I kept saying "yes but what's the purpose" to show that I wasn't prudish about it, but I took my ministerial responsibilities seriously and didn't want to just have random sex without advancing our manifesto commitments. Even in the dream I thought it was odd that I was SoS and not a junior minister for my first time in office.

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The Goldfinch - Donna Tarrt
How Not to Be A Soldier - Lorna McCann
The Last Anniversary - Lianne Moriarty
Small Man in a Book - Rob Brydon
Shopaholic to the Rescue - Sophie Kinsella
A Notable Woman - Jean Lucey Pratt
Longbourn - Jo Baker
Writing Home - Alan Bennett
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Head Over Heels - Holly Smale
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The Antarctic Guide to Cooking and Cleaning - Wendy Trusler and Carol Devine
The Crime Trade - Simon Kernick
An Education - Lynn Barber
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