From Booker Prize-winner Ben Okri: 12 of his most controversial non-fiction pieces form this collection on the theme of freedom

Ranging from the personal to the analytical, covering subjects such as art, politics, storytelling, and creativity, this collection confirms Okri's place as one of the most inspiring of contemporary writers. Lyrically imaginative and provocative, it includes a meditation on the role of the poet, a study of Picasso's Minotaur, a paean to human freedom in honor of Salman Rushdie, and an appraisal of fellow-Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe.