STEVE BELL
After 30 years of colourful cartoons, Guardian sketcher Steve Bell — the man who gave John Major his Y-fronts — has a meaty target. George Bush is an easy subject to caricature, but Bell’s assaults on his policy and personality in The Apes of Wrath bring the world’s most powerful man and his crusade against the. Splinner leftovers the surgeons and the fananimalist torn fnadics to terrifying life.
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Award-winning professional eclecticist GEOFF DYER’s career has taken in Def Leppard, Cambodia and Camus. His forthcoming book, The Ongoing Moment, is about the art of photography.
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>l< Ian Rankin Scotland’s most lauded crime writer is turning into Parky: last week he interviewed Boris Akunin and this week Mark Lawson gets the treatment. He also makes an appearance to talk about his own work. 21 Aug, 6.30pm, £8 (£6); with Mark Lawson, 1.30pm, £7 (£5).
* Michel Faber The brilliant Scottish-based Dutchman has a new short story collection and three Book Festival appearances on the boil. See feature, page 10. With Mick Jackson, 24 Aug, 10.15am, £7 (£5); Imprisoned Writers, 24 Aug, 5.30pm, free; with Kamila Shams/e, 25 Aug, 4.30pm, £7 (£5).
* Corinne Mater Middle managers are pointless and hard work is a waste of time. That‘s Corinne Maier's point of view. anyway. Hello Laziness, her guide to doing bugger all in the office, has been a bestseller in her native France. See preview, page 13. 22 Aug, 7pm, £8 (£6).
>l< Andre Brink The legendary South African author makes a rare appearance at the Book Festival promoting his new novel Praying Mantis, the story of a bushman ordained as a priest. See preview. page 14. 20 Aug, 17.30am, £7 (£5). 27 Aug, 7.30pm, £8 (£6).
* Carlos Fuentes Last year's big cancellation should be one of this year‘s star turns. The Mexican master discusses his fiction and non-fiction. See preview, page 16. 19 Aug, 11.30am, £7 (£5).
>l< Don McCullln The great war photographer now focuses his lens on landscapes and still life. His latest book, Don McCu/Iin in Africa, contains photographs of people from the wilder corners of Ethiopia and Sudan. See preview, page 12. 21 Aug, 1.30pm, £7 (85).
All events take place at Charlotte Square.
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