Contents

1 2004—Darkness at Noon

2 1966—A Brave New World

3 2004—A Guest of Honour

4 1976—Invisible Man

5 2004—The Naked and the Dead

6 1977—Midnight’s Children

7 2004—The Heart of the Matter

8 1984—Nineteen Eighty-Four

9 2003—Such a Long Journey

10 1985—The House of Mirth

11 2003—On the Road

12 2004—A Handful of Dust

13 1987—A Room with a View

14 2004—Darkness Visible

15 1990—The Death of the Heart

16 2004—Under the Net

17 2004—The Sound and the Fury

18 2004—The Unbearable Lightness of Being

Epilogue: 2005—A House for Mr Biswas

Acknowledgements