News for '-hisham-matar'

Naeem Murr wins C'wealth Prize

In Murr's book, Rajiv Travers, the child of an Indian mother and English father is abandoned, first to relatives in London and later to the care of his uncle's mistress, Ruth Winters, who lives in a small American town.

Kiran Desai shortlisted for Booker Prize

Indian author makes Booker short-list

Obama recommends: 6 books you must read

The list comprising old and new fiction as well as non-fiction deals with the intrinsic issues that continue to affect Africa today.