Speed reading: memoirs of addiction and racism
The Colour of Home (Abacus, £25; Tablet price £22.50) is Sajid Javid’s memoir of rising from an impoverished Pakistani background to the rarefied atmosphere of international finance and Parliament.
Leaving Home (Chatto & Windus, £25; Tablet price £22.50) is Mark Haddon’s account of a childhood blighted by two emotionally distant parents, his mother in particular possessing a kind of genius for avoiding any kind of empathic engagement. What could be a harrowing tale is enlivened by the book’s unique format, being a series of essays vividly illustrated with drawings, cartoons and photographs.
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