Christmas books special: From fiction to food, The Independent’s experts pick the best reads of 2013
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Kelly Rissman
US News Reporter
From Ron Burnundy's classy tell-all memoir and Morrissey's lesson in verbosity to the best of crime and sport, our critics pick the best reads of the year.
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