This volume collects the best of the non-fiction writings by Hanif Kureishi since 1985. These include political essays, essays about his father, analyses of both the craft and the job of writing, and explorations of how the life of the mind expresses itself in creative endeavours.

This volume collects the best of the non-fiction writings by Hanif Kureishi since 1985. These include political essays, diaries of film-making collaborations, essays about his father, analyses of both the craft and the job of writing - and, above all, explorations of how the life of the mind expresses itself in creative endeavours.