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William Dalrymple on why he will never be able to write City of Djinns again, and on isolating himself in his world of books
William Dalrymple takes exception to a piece we ran arguing that India’s life of letters was still beholden to the British.
A bad review is like a slap on the face, says William Dalrymple on the release of his latest book, Nine Lives
Nine Lives is proof that Dalrymple knows this country better than most Indians, but it also displays a creeping complacency in writing about it.