The reissue of the pioneer’s four classics brings to life his spiritual quest in all its vividness
Graphic novelist Appupen takes on consumerism in the third of his ambitious series. But is he part of the very system he is criticising?
Ian McEwan returns in top form with The Children Act. The novelist talks about mortality, the news cycle and the future of Scotland
Japanese introverts, aircraft carriers, celebrity interviews, new dope on a legendary double agent, contemporary feminism 101, showgirls in 30s San Francisco, Spain after Franco and the Resistance
The controversial memoirs of the ex-confidant of Sonia Gandhi entertain but fail to deliver the Kissinger-esque history lessons the former foreign minister, a skilled storyteller, could have given us
Cult writer Karl Ove Knausgaard’s powerful memory electrifies the mundane and turns it into the stuff of literary best-sellers
Why Indian politicians are bad memoirists. An underdeveloped genre and the greater publishing possibilities it offers
Nayantara Sahgal talks about her life, work and the ever-changing idea of India on the eve of a new book and biography
Tristram Hunt’s portraits of cities such as Calcutta, Delhi and Bombay bring to life the imperial mission
This stark telling of the swift ascent of a political demagogue is a compelling commentary on modern India, despite a simplistic take on the ancient master of statecraft