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.

Sunday, February 19, 2012

Shackled

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This appeared in yesterday's The Indian Express THE PRISONER OF PARADISE Romesh Gunesekera Naïve young men and women. A bespoil...
Saturday, February 11, 2012

Posters For #flashreads

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Some rough-and-ready posters for use on February 14: e-mail, display, put up on your blog or print and wrap fish in them. For the initiati...
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Monday, February 6, 2012

Ravan And Eddie Redux

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This appeared in the current issue of Tehelka . THE EXTRAS Kiran Nagarkar Like the city in which it is set, Kiran Nagarkar’s The Extr...
Sunday, January 1, 2012

15 Literary Predictions For 2012

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This appeared in today's DNA. The jury's out on whether the Mayan prophecy of the world ending in 2012 will come to pass. If we...
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Lost In The Middle Kingdom

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This appeared in yesterday's The Hindustan Times THE YELLOW EMPEROR'S CURE Kunal Basu Novels, like human beings, sag in the m...
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Thursday, December 29, 2011

2011's 11

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To summarise one’s favourite fiction of 2011 this late in the year is to write about books that have been written about many times alread...
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Saturday, December 3, 2011

Flabby Fantasy

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This appeared in today's The Indian Express . 1Q84 Haruki Murakami A female assassin wielding an ice-pick. Shadowy members of an u...

Lady Sings The Blues

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This appeared in last Sunday's DNA. OUR LADY OF ALICE BHATTI Mohammed Hanif Often, it’s an author’s signature tone of voice that’...
Saturday, November 12, 2011

In Search Of Love And Beauty

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This appeared in today's Mint Lounge A LOVESONG FOR INDIA Ruth Prawer Jhabvala Comparisons have often been drawn between ...
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