The best books of the week

America’s sacred constitution and why it needs amending; Kiran Desai’s Booker-shortlisted tale of thwarted love; the hijackings and hostage-takings of the 1970s; a psychoanalyst’s collection of case histories; the debate over the meaning of antisemitism; 25 poems that distil the history of England; the Cuban émigré experience — plus James Lovegrove’s pick of sci-fi and fantasyLife & Arts