Not all sentences end up in novels or stories. We encounter books at different times in life, often appreciating them, apprehending them, in different ways. But their language is constant. The best sentences orient us, like stars in the sky, like landmarks on a trail. But novels and stories consist of nothing but. Read more

Hari Kunzru was selected in 2003 as one of Granta’s Best Young British Novelists. Four books later he talks to Online Editor Ted Hodgkinson about his latest novel (a multistranded epic that interweaves stories from the 18th century with the present), the scandal surrounding News International, the recent riots across Britain and this boyhood dream of being abducted by UFOs. Read more