Sunday, April 29, 2007

Post-apocalypse Now

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THE ROAD Cormac McCarthy (A longer version of this appeared in yesterday's Sunday Times of India .) Winter in America. The land has bee...
Tuesday, April 24, 2007

It's All In The Details

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SO MANY WAYS TO BEGIN Jon McGregor Coming across a debut novel with a unique style is always a pleasure, and such was the case with Jon McG...
Monday, April 23, 2007

Young Einstein

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TANGLEWRECK Jeanette Winterson Jeanette Winterson’s first novel for so-called “young adults”, Tanglewreck is a fast-paced, imaginative tale...
Friday, April 20, 2007

Town And Country

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A FAR COUNTRY Daniel Mason A quaint, old-fashioned word comes to mind while reading Daniel Mason’s second novel, and that word is “integrit...
Thursday, April 19, 2007

Nine Reasons To Read This One

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THE RELUCTANT FUNDAMENTALIST Mohsin Hamid Because it’s short, yet evocative: a relief at a time when authors needlessly pile on the pages. ...
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Wednesday, April 18, 2007

Disunited States

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THE PESTHOUSE Jim Crace In the past, Jim Crace has shown a penchant for unconventional novelistic subjects: Stone Age man or Jesus in the w...
Thursday, April 12, 2007

Drawing A Blank

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TRAVELS IN THE SCRIPTORIUM Paul Auster Paul Auster’s new novel is an unsatisfying metaphysical conundrum that leaves one wishing he hadn’t ...
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Wednesday, April 11, 2007

Siamese Pleasures

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SIGHTSEEING Rattawut Lapcharoensap Yiyun Li’s adept short stories gave us glimpses of a China coming to terms with modernity; now, Rattawut ...

C'est Ne Pas La Vie

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THE GOOD LIFE Jay McInerney Though the end of the Cold War meant a drying up of material for thriller writers, 9/11 had them rushing back t...
Tuesday, April 10, 2007

Sex On The Beach

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ON CHESIL BEACH Ian McEwan On Chesil beach in Dorset, the sea and wind grade pebbles according to size, smaller yielding to larger. It is t...