Hari Kunzru

2008. The California desert. A four year old boy disappears in the wilderness and his parents find themselves at the centre of a media witch-hunt. A British rock star hides out at a run-down motel. A teenage Iraqi refugee lives a surreal life as a role-player in a military simulation.

 I remember my first library card. I remember the excitement of the trips to the library, of choosing the four books I’d take back home. The habit of exploration has stayed with me. It was founded on the confidence that all those books on all those shelves belonged to me, were mine for the taking.

The Millions blog is doing its annual 'year in reading' series, not restricted to books published in 2009.  Participants so far include Jonathan Lethem, Philip Lopate and me...

 It's that time of the year again. Every publication on earth is choosing its best of 2009.