Monica Ali: best books

Monica Ali’s new novel, In the Kitchen, is set in a five-star London hotel. At The Week, the author of Brick Lane and Alentejo Blue named six favorite earlier works that made the most of similar settings.One title on her list:Chowringhee by Sankar (Penguin, $14).A classic of Bengali literature, recently published for the first time in English. Set in a venerable Calcutta establishment, this