Ben Lawrence

A cruel novel about an India-born, world-famous, possibly real-life author

Hanif Kureishi's The Last Word, about an unlovable biographer tracking an unlovable writer, is ultimately rather unlovable 

Hanif Kureishi Photo: Getty 
issue 25 January 2014
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  • The Last Word

    Hanif Kureishi

    Faber, pp. 301

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