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From Dark Circles to The Children Act: The most evocative books of 2018

My book of 2018 is David Gilmour's delightful study of the British in India. It may be long and detailed but it's a joy to read, says the author

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Now, as 2019 creeps upon us, the book I most want to read is Ian McEwan’s The Children Act

Karan Thapar
Let me start with an admission. I’m an eclectic reader. I can choose to read a book because I know the author, or because I’m fascinated by the subject or, even, because the cover has caught my fancy. Consequently, a strange but very individualistic collection of books sits on my bedside table. At any given time, it includes biographies, histories, novels, specialist accounts and memoirs. I dip into them as the mood takes me. Rarely do I finish a book at one go. But over a period I’ll have read several.

For me the greatest surprise this year was Aatish Taseer’s

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