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The Zone of Interest was Martin Amis’s greatest novel of the 21st century

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The thing we’re most scared of, I think, is that we could be them. They were human beings,” says Jonathan Glazer of the central characters in The Zone of Interest. Released on Friday, his new film comes pre-packed with expectation, following a rapturous reception in Cannes last year and five Oscar nominations including Best Director and Best Picture – not to mention Glazer’s track record. (The Zone of Interest is only his fourth feature in 24 years.)

The film tells the story of an idyllic home life, and the greatest horror of the 20th century, side by side. – an exquisitely anonymous phrase – was the 40-square-kilometre area (15.5-square-mile) around the designed by

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