A debut novelist from Sri Lanka returns to war-torn Jaffna in search of questions history has not resolved
Restoring the battle of Imphal to its rightful place in the history of World War II
A memoir that straddles the personal and the political, the intimate and the public
In her Neapolitan series, Italian novelist Elena Ferrante frees herself from having to create heroic characters
A lady detective who is a social worker and public trouble-shooter rolled into one
With three men and three women on the list, and with ages ranging from 35 (Ottessa Moshfegh) to 57 (Deborah Levy) the Man Booker shortlist appears to be unusually balanced.