Contents

Earth Vikram Seth

The Jester of Astapovo Rose Tremain

The Nettle Pit Jonathan Coe

Boys in Cars Marti Leimbach

Lucky We Live Now Kate Atkinson

Fieldwork Ian Rankin

The Importance of Warm Feet Marina Lewycka

Long Ago Yesterday Hanif Kureishi

Telescope Jonathan Buckley

The Death of Marat Nicholas Shakespeare

Afterword Oxfam