Booker shortlist features veteran authors – and many bets are on Kiran Desai

Flesh is a kind of Dick Whittington fable, but it has none of the flourishes of fairytale. There are pages of conversation, ...

Kiran Desai’s The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny is an epic romance set against a global canvas

Desai talks to The Globe about her Booker-nominated new release, relishing solitude and the parent-child relationship ...