Light reading
Candy Clarke on Nadime Gordimer's 14th novel
Culture
Lies, all lies
Chris Paling visits Paul Auster's Brooklyn
Aura Bore
Laurie Taylor wonders what you do when friends go freaky
Serious intent: Laurie Taylor interviews Isabel Hilton
Acclaimed journalist Isabel Hilton talks to Laurie Taylor about China, democracy, dictatorships and her passion to represent those at the bottom of the heap
God’s my big homie
Caspar Melville reports on the resurrection of religion in black popular music
Born to be mild
Stanley Middleton's new novel fails to live up to its title says Chris Paling
Coming home
Judi Herman finds that love is thicker than blood
Not waving, but dying
"Down a bit lower. That's it. Now, look at the camera. And now look puzzled. That doesn't look like 'puzzled'. Really puzzled. Hold it. Now, can you get even lower?"
Buggering on a pinhead
Martin Rowson is delighted to report that religion is on it's last legs
Men in Masks
Sally Feldman isn't enamoured with Allende's swashbuckler