The New Statesman’s friends and contributors choose their favourite books of 2009
26/11/2009
Fatima Bhutto
Children of Dust (HarperOne, £16.99) by the first-time memoirist Ali Eteraz is a funny and frightening narrative of life as a fundamentalist Pakistani Muslim (and eventual refusenik). Dave Cullen's Columbine (Old Street, £9.99), a heartbreaking and thoroughly researched investigation into the notorious school shootings, is a must-read. Alain de Botton's Heathrow diary, A Week at the Airport (Profile Books, £8.99), and The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work (Hamish Hamilton, £18.99) are further proof of his winning, intuitive and inquisitive style. I wish I were president of his fan club.
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http://www.newstatesman.com/books/2009/11/faber-book-novel-life-press
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