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, September 30, 2012

Steven Millhauser's Grains Of Sand

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Today's Sunday Guardian column . When you spend much of your free time reviewing books, you realize very soon that most of them ...
Friday, September 28, 2012

Songs From Shillong

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A slightly-edited version of this appeared in the latest issue of TimeOut Mumbai . BOATS ON LAND Janice Pariat With her debut short...
Sunday, September 23, 2012

Portnoy's Defence

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Today's column for the Sunday Guardian . I remember laughing out loud when first reading Philip Roth’s Portnoy’s Complaint , about...
Saturday, September 22, 2012

Immigrant Song

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This appeared in today's Mint Lounge THE NEWLYWEDS Nell Freudenberger Details, dilemmas and domestic discord have been at the...
Sunday, September 16, 2012

The Experience of Reading Zadie Smith

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Today's column for the Sunday Guardian Anticipation Here it is, at last. A Zadie Smith novel after seven years.   I’m sure NW ...
Saturday, September 15, 2012

American Destinies

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This appeared in today's Indian Express. TIGERS IN RED WEATHER Liza Klaussmann There aren’t any live tigers in Liza Klaussmann’...
Sunday, September 9, 2012

My Candidate For The Literature Nobel

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This week's Sunday Guardian column . Feverish speculation has broken out over the recipient of this year’s Nobe...
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Sunday, September 2, 2012

Unreal Estate

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Today's Sunday Guardian column Shifty builders, corrupt politicians, and financial institutions ready to raise any amount of mon...
Sunday, August 26, 2012

Revisiting The White Hotel

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Today's Sunday Guardian column . Pornography and plagiarism. While soft-core versions of the former dominate best-seller lists, w...
Sunday, August 19, 2012

Revisiting Chandler's Mean Streets

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My column for the Sunday Guardian . According to a recent report, John Banville will be picking up Raymond Chandler’s mantle to write ...
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