Granta 171This issue of Granta magazine, on the subject of Dead Friends, features writing from leading novelists and story writers on intimate connections they have lost. This issue of Granta, Dead Friends, brings vital figures from the past momentarily back into focus. Features include Fernanda Eberstadt on Andy Warhol, Aatish Taseer on V. S. Naipul, Tao Lin on Giancarlo DiTrapano, Michel Houellebecq on Benoit Duteurtre, William Atkins on a new method to

Millie doesn't know how or why she has been brought into Annie's life

and the biology and psychology that explain why we love the way we do' Frans de Waal

Ouka surprises everyone with a dramatic proposal for Ryouta should Shiren change her mind

and probably a few other heroes as well

In stepping away from the demands of modern life and societal pressure to couple up

from crystal balls to compasses

Each book features the original rhyme

Whoever it is - it feels better than anything

learning to line dance

diaries and letters of British veterans of all forces and services

and indeed many cancer drugs come from plants

old traditions and run things exactly the way they should be