Sonny Mehta, head of publisher Knopf, dies aged 77

• Mehta died at home from complications from pneumonia
• ‘His exacting standards were a beacon to the book industry’

Sonny Mehta, the head of Alfred A Knopf who led one of the book world’s most esteemed imprints to new heights, has died. He was 77.

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