…but at Home in a Britannia All His Own: “The mutability of identity, the way people can slip in and out of personas to fit the occasion and confound and mollify others, is exactly what engages (british novelist Hari) Kunzru in his recently published first novel, The Impressionist. The book tells the story of Pran Nath Razdan, born in early 20th-century India to an English father and an Indian mother, and his cunning efforts to obliterate his past and make a life for himself in a world in which he has no natural place.” NY Times