Antiblurbs

You can buy them. You can borrow them. You can download them. But are all those books out there really worth your while? Herewith some brief assessments.

Friday, October 31, 2008

Suzy Wong Doesn't Live Here Anymore

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This appeared in the Sept-Oct issue of Biblio . EVENESCENT ISLES: FROM MY CITY VILLAGE Xu Xi Hong Kong is an outcome of the law o...
Sunday, October 5, 2008

Travel Travail

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The is from today's The Sunday Express . GHOST TRAIN TO THE EASTERN STAR Paul Theroux Paul Theroux doesn’t think highly of t...
Friday, October 3, 2008

A Situation In New Delhi

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This appeared in the latest TimeOut Mumbai. DREAMS OF RIVERS AND SEAS Tim Parks With Dreams of Rivers and Seas , Tim Parks takes ...
Monday, September 29, 2008

Rat Race

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This appeared in yesterday's DNA . BANDICOOTS IN THE MOONLIGHT Avijit Ghosh It was the 18 th century philosopher Joseph Pri...
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Saturday, September 27, 2008

Enter Ghost

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This is from the latest issue of Tehelka INDIGNATION Philip Roth The central characters of Everyman and Exit Ghost , Philip Roth...
Sunday, September 21, 2008

Mapping Desire

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This is from today's Hindustan Times . AN ATLAS OF IMPOSSIBLE LONGING Anuradha Roy Is writing a form of archaeology? The metap...
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Burton's Nights

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This is from today's DNA . THE COLLECTOR OF WORLDS Iliya Troyanov The Victorian era’s reputation for conservatism and Puritani...
Friday, September 19, 2008

Final Chapters

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This is from today's Hindustan Times . Do also see McSweeney's for a "thread of memories" by those who knew, met and stu...
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Monday, September 1, 2008

Black Is Back

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THE LEMUR Benjamin Black By their metaphors ye shall know them. Try these on for size: a policeman has a face like “an El Greco ma...
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Sunday, August 31, 2008

Spaced Out

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This appeared in today's The Sunday Express CLEARING A SPACE Amit Chaudhuri “The literary essay,” wrote American essayi...
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