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A dystopian novel of chemically controlled emotions and musical rebellion magically retunes the genre
The winding spiritual journey of a celebrated Hindu mystic is at the centre of this ambitious, energetic novel
The novelist on becoming her pet’s erotic pawn, Facebook’s designated ‘pages’ and brand economics
When you have a view of the river, what you actually own isn’t just space . . . but the irrepressible flow of the city itself
The novelist on missing her beloved fox, the need for a book on digital etiquette and the ‘ITV News at Ten’ makeover
The novelist on her French bulldog’s diet, wedding shows on TV and ‘Go Set a Watchman’
The novelist on her new dentist, an increasing addiction to Instagram and watching ‘Car Share’ episodes
The novelist on the wonders of the World Service, her peculiar diet and why Perez Hilton on ‘Celebrity Big Brother’ is a metaphor for the strange world we inhabit
The novelist on writing a eulogy for Michael Crosby-Jones, a burglary at her home and the middle-class bias of ‘The Kitchen’
The novelist on how society regards bald frankness, getting to grips with glasses frame-making and her parish priest’s leaving
Nicola Barker’s latest playful tale takes a wry look at faith
The English novelist and short story writer enjoys the challenge of giving up a series of indulgent things for Lent
The British author is bothered by squirrels who steal nuts from her bird feeders but is nonplussed by the Literary Review’s Bad Sex Award
This unorthodox narrative is sometimes snortingly funny, borderline farcical, and written largely in dialogue
A pet that ingested mesh wrappers, the extradition of Sea Shepherd’s founder and why Kindle owners can’t show off
The thudding weight of responsibility of owning a fishpond, John Prescott’s hugging issue and a lecture by Takoma School’s Saint Peter
The prospect of my mum and a larder full of tuna really brought home the new dawn of the Age of Austerity
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