Sunjeev Sahota: ‘I’ve never thought of novels as sources of comfort’ | Books
My earliest reading memoryThe Tree of Knowledge magazine – remember that? – which I collected, binders and all. I spent hours on my bed taking in everything from Picasso’s blue period to the workings of the inner ear.My favourite book growing upI didn’t really read books growing up. It just wasn’t that kind of house.The book that changed me as a teenagerProbably Rohinton Mistry’s A Fine Balance. I was 19 and finished it on an overnight coach heading for Chesterfield from Victoria. I felt bereft at the end and suddenly…