chaos
A literary romp: Our Noble Selves, by Kate Atkinson, reviewed
All is chaos in the lead-up to the 1951 Festival of Britain in this riot of colour and pageantry with Kafka-esque undertones
Dark days in Kolkata: A Guardian and a Thief, by Megha Majumdar, reviewed
As the city descends into chaos and starvation, a ‘manager madam’ and desperate intruder clash in their efforts to keep their respective families alive
A cremation caper: Stealing Dad, by Sofka Zinovieff, reviewed
Part grief-memoir, part macabre escapade, Zinovieff’s latest book is inspired by her own father’s bizarre strictures regarding his funeral
