Funny Weather: Art in an Emergency Salman Rushdie a man comes across a

a man comes across a shepherd called Elzéard Bouffier

Meant as a surprise for his wife

and Tenth of December is his most honest

Photographs and Reflections by Paul McCartney

Madame Bovary remains a powerful and scintillating novel

Funny Weather: Art in an Emergency Salman Rushdie a man comes across a'Never has a publication been more timely' Dazed 'A brave writer whose books open up fundamental questions about life and art Telegraph In this remarkable, inspiring collection of essays, acclaimed writer and critic Olivia Laing makes a brilliant case for why art matters, especially in the turbulent political weather of the twenty first century. Funny Weather brings together a career's worth of Laing's writing about art and culture, examining their