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Merriam-Webster defines magical realism as "a literary genre or style associated especially with Latin America that incorporates fantastic or mythical elements into otherwise realistic fiction." It's a mind-bending, magical genre, and "Gods of Jade and Shadow" by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (£9) is a great example. In it, a young woman opens a wooden box and accidentally frees the spirit of the Mayan god of death.