A collection of interviews with leading writers such as Julian Barnes, Jonathan Coe, Kazuo Ishiguro, Hanif Kureishi, Arundhati Roy and Will Self. Through these interviews the book explores and introduces a range of key themes in contemporary literature, raising questions about genre, history, postmodernism, celebrity culture and form.

VANESSA GUIGNERY is Senior Lecturer in Literature at the University of La Sorbonne in Paris, France.

Introduction
Julian Barnes
Jonathan Coe
Kazuo Ishiguro
Hanif Kureishi
David Lodge
Arundhati Roy
Will Self
Graham Swift
Further Reading: British Literature Since 2000
Index.