Hari Kunzru, author of the award-winning and bestselling novel The Impressionist, was named as one of Granta’s 20 Best Fiction Writers Under 40. The Impressionist was a Los Angeles Times Book Prize finalist, shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award, the Whitbread First Novel Award, and a British Book Award; and was one of Publishers Weekly’s Best Novels of 2002. Hari has written for a variety of English and international publications, including The Guardian, Daily Telegraph, The London Review of Books and Wired. He lives in London.

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