The article presents six notable book releases this week, each reflecting themes of mystery and personal struggle. Joe Dunthorne's "Children of Radium: A Buried Inheritance" explores his great-grandfather's dual legacy as both a Jewish chemist fleeing the Nazis and a developer of chemical weapons. David Szalay's "Flesh" tells the story of a young Hungarian grappling with the challenges of coming of age amid trauma. Additionally, John Kenney's "I See You've Called in Dead" humorously delves into an obituary writer's complexities of life and death. Each book offers a unique journey into the human experience.
"Dunthorne's attempt to understand this painful paradox interweaves memoir, archival research, travelogue and a fair bit of family therapy."
"At the heart of it all is Istvan, a Hungarian teen making his first stumbling steps into adulthood beset by trauma, flashes of violence and the more mundane misunderstandings that come to shape his life."
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