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Sunjeev Sahota

Sunjeev Sahota: ‘I’ve never thought of novels as sources of comfort’

Sanjeev Sahota.
‘I didn’t really read books growing up. It wasn’t that kind of house’ … Sanjeev Sahota. Photograph: Gary Calton/The Observer

My earliest reading memory
The Tree of Knowledge magazine – remember that? – which I collected, binders and all. I spent hours on my bed taking in everything from Picasso’s blue period to the workings of the inner ear.

My favourite book growing up
I didn’t really read books growing up. It just wasn’t that kind of house.

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