Author Archives: Fatema Ahmed

If the novelist had been more productive she would have had less fun

Lincoln in the Bardo has won the 2017 Man Booker prize. In Prospect's review from March, Fatema Ahmed explains why it stands apart as a novel

From the history of the Royal Mail to existentialist Tom and Jerry, Fatema Ahmed selects November’s highlights

What connects an ageing rock star, hippies, statistical analysis and plenty of woozy mysticism in the Californian desert? Fatema Ahmed puzzles out Hari Kunzru’s latest novel