SHORTLISTED FOR THE JAMES TAIT BLACK BIOGRAPHY AWARD 2025From Hanif Kureishi author of The Buddha of Suburbia a memoir about the accident that left him paralysed.Ive never felt tempted to use the word inspirational about a book and promise I never will again but its the only word I can think of to describe Shattered Lynn Barber The SpectatorImagine your life changing in a second one minute you are watching the football with a beer the next you are on the floor in a pool of blood deprived of the use of your arms and legs. This fall renders you paralysed robbed of your independence entirely reliant on others for everything.This happened to writer Hanif Kureishi on Boxing Day 2022. His account of what happened and its aftermath is a unique riveting and frequently riotous account of a yearlong odyssey home through five hospitals.