Is there a formula that makes coping easier? What is the language of grief, and of love? Chetna Maroo’s Booker Prize-shortlisted Western Lane attempts to answer such questions through the story ...

Kenyan-born author Chetna Maroo's debut novel, 'Western Lane', has been named in the Booker Prize 2023 longlist announced on Friday. Maroo, who was born in Kenya but lives in London, has published ...

I picked up Sarah Bernstein’s Study for Obedience when it made it to the 2023 Booker Prize longlist in September, along with Chetna Maroo’s Western Lane, which runs to a mere 160 pages.

Chetna Maroo’s subtle novel follows a British Asian girl, Gopi, who plays squash fiercely to cope with the grief of her mother’s death. In Western Lane, the squash court becomes an arena for playing ...

The game of squash and a family overcoming grief are at the heart of Chetna Maroo’s debut novel, Western Lane. She talks to Samira about creating the story's spirited 11-year-old protagonist ...