Thursday, November 29, 2007

Chain Letter Wickedness

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This appeared in the latest issue of TimeOut Mumbai . RING Koji Suzuki Most stories of the supernatural are, in essence, simple morality ta...

A Spirited Thriller

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THE GHOST Robert Harris Alternative history scenarios have been at the heart of many of Robert Harris’ intelligent thrillers, from Fatherla...
Wednesday, November 7, 2007

Away

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Am away for two weeks, with only intermittent e-mail access. Sadly -- and unusually -- I won't be able to carry too many books with me, ...
Thursday, November 1, 2007

Love And Longing In Mumbai

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WHAT YOU CALL WINTER Nalini Jones Another one of those debut collections of sensitively-written short stories by a half-Indian-half-America...
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My Name Is Red, Blue, Green And White

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You'll find this in the latest issue of TimeOut Mumbai . OTHER COLOURS Orhan Pamuk It was Salman Rushdie who pointed out that the Bosph...
Sunday, October 28, 2007

Life Stories

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A lightly edited version of a review that appeared in today's Hindustan Times . LAST EVENINGS ON EARTH Roberto Bolano One of the charac...
Monday, October 22, 2007

Song Sung Blue

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This appeared in the September-October issue of Biblio . THE ASSASSIN'S SONG M.G. Vassanji In his much-debated 1961 essay 'Writing ...
Friday, October 19, 2007

Long Division

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This appeared in the latest issue of TimeOut Mumbai . DIVISADERO Michael Ondaatje At one point in Michael Ondaatje’s lyrical but frustratin...
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Monday, October 15, 2007

No So Fine A Specimen

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Apologies for the absence. Work apart, have been busy completing reviews of Michael Ondaatje's Divisadero , Orhan Pamuk's Other Co...
Sunday, September 30, 2007

Short Cuts

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From the non-fiction shelf... A WRITER'S PEOPLE V.S. Naipaul Words used to describe Naipaul's work in the jacket copy of this book:...
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