FictionReviewThe Booker-shortlisted The Sisters Brothers was a hard act to follow, but DeWitt’s riff on the folk tale transports the reader to a gothic Europe drawn with relish and bravado One of the great joys of comic fiction is that it can do anything it wants. It can explore the sexual possibilities of a giant salami, provoke empathy with a merciless killer, or throw the English language into a blender and make it taste like high gastronomy despite the weird colour and the lumps – or perhaps because of them.

US elections 2024Vivek Ramaswamy urges supporters not to believe polls in final Iowa pitchRepublican presidential candidate makes final appearance in Iowa hours ahead of caucuses Iowa caucuses 2024: live Republican results in full Iowa caucuses: live news updates Vivek Ramaswamy, the biotech entrepreneur who has gone all in on Iowa to jumpstart his presidential bid, urged supporters not to believe the polls during a final appearance at a Cedar Rapids brewery hours ahead of Monday night’s caucuses.

Outkast This article is more than 9 years oldAndré 3000 on the Outkast reunion tour: 'I felt like a sell-out'This article is more than 9 years oldThe rapper says he committed to the tour because he had to ‘support certain things’, and only customised jumpsuits made it interesting Outkast’s 20th anniversary reunion tour this summer left many fans dissatisfied – the Guardian’s review of the first show, at Coachella, noted that “it felt like two solo shows awkwardly attempting to become one” – and now André “3000” Benjamin has admitted he felt like a “sell-out” and that Coachella was “a horrible show”.

World newsCase of cult-fighter who changed sides awakens Israelis to millennium dangerThe Concerned Christians group, whose members were arrested in Israel yesterday on suspicion of planning a bloody showdown with police in Jerusalem, was founded in Colorado originally to combat the spread of cults. Its founder and leader, Monte Kim Miller, a former pharmaceutical marketing executive whose whereabouts are still unknown, initially worked side by side with the police and established churches in the 1980s to preach against the dangers of mind control by extreme religious groups.

Marcus Stewart returns to Bristol Rovers’ Memorial Stadium on Saturday for a charity game. Photograph: Sam Frost/The GuardianMarcus Stewart returns to Bristol Rovers’ Memorial Stadium on Saturday for a charity game. Photograph: Sam Frost/The GuardianSoccerInterviewMarcus Stewart on living with MND: ‘You ask yourself, why me? But I have to make the most of it’Ben FisherFormer Ipswich and Sunderland striker on dealing with the disease and his emotions as he prepares for fund-raising match Marcus Stewart hops off his electric scooter and a couple of minutes later, in the corner of a restaurant a few miles outside Bristol, he is talking about how his workout routine has changed.