http://www.ft.com/arts/books/fictionhttp://www.ft.com/rss/arts/books/fictionFT.com -Arts & weekend, Books - Fictionen© Copyright The Financial Times Ltd 2008. "FT" and "Financial Times" are trademarks of the Financial Times.support@ft.comMon, 30 Jun 2008 06:09 BSTMon, 07 Jul 2008 03:07:00 BSTNewspapers60http://news.ft.com/cms/d1f3ce1a-6bbe-11da-bb53-0000779e2340.gifhttp://www.ft.com/arts/books/fiction(PICS-1.1 "http://www.classify.org/safesurf/" L gen true for "http://www.ft.com/" r (SS~~000 1))http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0abbe4e8-43ea-11dd-842e-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0abbe4e8-43ea-11dd-842e-0000779fd2ac.htmlA gratifyingly readable debut novel that captures the loneliness of female middle age, its writer, Fay Weldon thinks, hits the spot on the expectations and emotional intricacies of her new worldMon, 30 Jun 2008 06:09 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/00433f02-43ea-11dd-842e-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/00433f02-43ea-11dd-842e-0000779fd2ac.htmlSet in the bleak South African hinterland, this mesmerising novel tells the story of a half-hearted idealist intent on a new life in a house full of ghostsMon, 30 Jun 2008 06:09 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0cd5832e-43ea-11dd-842e-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0cd5832e-43ea-11dd-842e-0000779fd2ac.htmlA Jesuit priest produces an absorbing and, at times, disturbing collection of short stories on Africa's sufferingMon, 30 Jun 2008 06:09 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/08ac2762-43ea-11dd-842e-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/08ac2762-43ea-11dd-842e-0000779fd2ac.htmlThis timely reportage of rape, bloodlust and indiscriminate slaughter in Darfur is a distress call on the crime against humanityMon, 30 Jun 2008 06:09 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/06962572-43ea-11dd-842e-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/06962572-43ea-11dd-842e-0000779fd2ac.htmlThe discovery of a massive treasure trove in a Sutton Hoo estate yields artefacts that challenge prevailing opinions about the Dark AgesMon, 30 Jun 2008 06:09 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e3e6bbe0-44ac-11dd-b151-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e3e6bbe0-44ac-11dd-b151-0000779fd2ac.htmlA lyrical love letter to India's past, yet the romantic indulgences are countered the critical scrutiny of its cultureSat, 28 Jun 2008 03:00 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ae63d792-44ab-11dd-b151-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ae63d792-44ab-11dd-b151-0000779fd2ac.htmlThe power of these vignettes lies in what remains untold, making you want to know more by saying lessSat, 28 Jun 2008 03:00 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f0bae574-3e64-11dd-b16d-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f0bae574-3e64-11dd-b16d-0000779fd2ac.htmlIn modern Melbourne and out in the Australian bush, a cast of characters try to put themselves together delicately and desperately. AS Byatt explains why this is the best novel she has read for a long timeMon, 23 Jun 2008 05:05 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0b98b2cc-3e65-11dd-b16d-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0b98b2cc-3e65-11dd-b16d-0000779fd2ac.htmlGoncourt prizewinner Laurent Gaudé presents us two Sudanese brothers heading for Europe and a weary Italian navy captain in a melancholic novel on desiring better lives in another landMon, 23 Jun 2008 05:05 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/040488a6-3e65-11dd-b16d-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/040488a6-3e65-11dd-b16d-0000779fd2ac.htmlAn entrancing retelling of the storied expeditions of Richard Francis Burton, explorer and translator of 'The Kama Sutra'Mon, 23 Jun 2008 05:05 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ed24c3a8-3e64-11dd-b16d-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ed24c3a8-3e64-11dd-b16d-0000779fd2ac.htmlAn unlikely pair embark on a long-distance relationship after a passionate week in New YorkMon, 23 Jun 2008 05:05 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/eabe55f2-3e64-11dd-b16d-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/eabe55f2-3e64-11dd-b16d-0000779fd2ac.htmlSome time in the dystopian future, the ozone layer begins to crumble and life turns so unutterably bleak that a family store selling death becomes a hitMon, 23 Jun 2008 05:05 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/00e88852-3e65-11dd-b16d-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/00e88852-3e65-11dd-b16d-0000779fd2ac.htmlA woman plays a bequest of tapes for her blind cousin, unspooling with it a troubled family historyMon, 23 Jun 2008 05:05 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c473716e-38da-11dd-8aed-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c473716e-38da-11dd-8aed-0000779fd2ac.htmlOne of the most shocking episodes in the British Empire's violent history is brought to life by this absorbing novel, which should be considered a masterpiece of anti-Imperial fictionMon, 16 Jun 2008 04:56 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c1e63f44-38da-11dd-8aed-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c1e63f44-38da-11dd-8aed-0000779fd2ac.htmlA tribute not just to famous poetic martyrs but to the stubborn survival of small thingsMon, 16 Jun 2008 04:56 BST