State of reading in list form

Books I’ve finished since the last time I made a reading update. I’ll be making reviews for nos. 2-4, uh, soon-ish:
1. The Impressionist by Hari Kunzru
2. To Play the Fool by Laurie R. King
3. The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson
4. Lord Peter by Dorothy L. Sayers (complete collection of Peter Wimsey stories)
Books I’m currenty reading [...]

The Impressionist by Hari Kunzru

My reading update will come, um, later. This one first.
I’ve been reading a lot about Britain lately, or at least novels set in Britain and its former colonies. The Impressionist traces the life of Pran Nath, boy with British and Indian blood, with his attempts to survive the societies that are alternately seduced and repulsed [...]