The Last Word

Paperback. Language: English Publisher: Faber & Faber This is the new novel from Hanif Kureishi:. An outrageous. clever and very funny story of sex. lies. art and what defines a life Mamoon is an eminent Indian-born writer who has made a career in England - but now. in his early 70s. his reputation is fading. sales have dried up. and his new wife has expensive taste Harry. a young writer. is commissioned to write a biography to revitalise both Mamoons career and his. bank balance. Harry greatly admires Mamoons work and wants to uncover the truth of the artists life. Harrys publisher seeks a more naked truth. a salacious tale of sex and scandal that will generate headlines. Meanwhile Mamoon himself is mining a different vein of truth altogether . Harry and Mamoon find themselves in a battle of wills. but which of them will have the last word The ensuing struggle for dominance...