The creative class and cultural governance -- Work as art, art as life -- The psychology of creativity -- Economy and pathology in Aravind Adiga's The white tiger and Monica Ali's In the kitchen -- Economy and authenticity in Daljit Nagra's Look we have coming to Dover! and Gautam Malkani's Londonstani -- The strange case of the writer-consultant -- Valuing the arts in Ian McEwan's Saturday.