The author’s first novel in 15 years brilliantly captures the energy of New York and the trials of adolescence

My father’s box of trinkets came to symbolise him – and later his loss

This year’s London art fair was a spectacle insulated from the world outside the tent

The jailing of dealer Oghenochuko Ojiri chimes with the public’s perception of a world of hucksters. But it is our sense of beauty that is most damaged