Michael Arditti

A timely morality tale: The Spoiled Heart, by Sunjeev Sahota, reviewed

Conflicting ideals of old-school socialism and modern identity politics are fought out against a background of urban desolation worthy of Dickens

Sunjeev Sahota. [Credit: Urszula Soltys]
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  • The Spoiled Heart

    Sunjeev Sahota

    Harvill Secker, pp. 336, £18

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