Nandini Nair
From the architecture of the gene to the oral histories of men and women in the former USSR, this year’s best books reveal what it is to be human
This is a necessary book about a neglected man, and it’s all the more creditable that a foreigner should have taken the trouble to write it
Family, friendship and identity—one of English fiction’s most celebrated young writers returns to familiar turf
Amruta Patil in her graphic retelling of the Mahabharata reimagines women as epic beings
Martin Amis talks about Donald Trump’s sexuality and Islamic fanaticism
What the best of Japanese noir says about democracy, authenticity and the nation