This week’s novels takes us to Zanzibar, Budapest and Renaissance Florence

This week’s novels takes us to Zanzibar, Budapest and Renaissance Florence with Nobel Prize-winning English-Tanzanian writer Abdulrazak Gurnah’s Theft; while guest reviewers Tim Ayliffe reads Laurent Binet’s Perspectives; and Siang Lu reads David Szalay’s Flesh. BOOKS  Abdulrazak Gurnah, Theft, Bloomsbury  Laurent Binet, Perspectives (translated from the French by Sam Taylor), Harvill Secker  David Szalay, Flesh, Jonathan Cape  GUESTS Tim Ayliffe, journalist and crime writer – whose John Bailey series include the books The Enemy Within, Killer Traitor Spy, and The Wrong Man Siang Lu, writes for film and TV and is also the author of the books Ghost Cities and The Whitewash  OTHER BOOKS MENTIONED Michael Connelly, works  Leon Uris, works John Le Carre, works Stephen King, works Andrew O'Hagan, Caledonian Road; Mayflies Nick Cave and Swan O'Hagan, Faith, Hope and Carnage  Sara Foster, When She Was Gone Camille Booker, The Woman in the Waves Natasha Rai, An Onslaught of Light Steve MinOn, First Name Second Name