Book Review: ‘The Reluctant Fundamentalist’ by Mohsin Hamid
Language: English Price: INR 250 ISBN: 9780143064244 Excuse me, sir, but may I be of assistance? Ah, I see I have alarmed you. Do not be frightened by my beard I am a lover of America… ‘The Reluctant Fundamentalist‘ is the story of a Pakistani man named Changez. Throughout the book, a short one at...
Book Review: ‘The Suicide Banker’ by Puneet Gupta
Language: English Pages: 279 ISBN: 8129117894 Price: INR 195 ‘Suicidal Banker‘ by Puneet Gupta has a Statutory Warning quite aptly printed at the top of the back cover page, that reads, This Novel could inspire more fraudsters than financiers! A compulsory reading for unscrupulous borrowers who don’t want to repay their bank loans! When you...
Book Review: ‘Solo’ by Rana Dasgupta
Price: INR 395 Pages: 357 Language: English ISBN: 0007182147 Solo by British-Indian writer Rana Dasgupta is one-of-a-kind, and worth every prize that it has been awarded (including the Commonwealth Writer’s Prize). The book is divided into two parts, into two novellas – almost called “Dreams” and “Day-dreams” respectively. The first part follows the seemingly pitiable...
Book Review: ‘The Song of Achilles’ by Madeline Miller
“Name one hero who was happy.” I considered. Heracles went mad and killed his family; Theseus lost his bride and father; Jason’s children and new wife were murdered by his old; Bellerophon killed the Chimera but was crippled by the fall from Pegasus’ back. “You can’t.” He was sitting up now, leaning forward. “I can’t.”...
Book Review: ‘Moving On’, by Jaya Jha
Format: Paperback Language: English ISBN: 9788190972093 Pages: 248 Price: 150.00 Plot Discussion: Rarely does a novel knocks at your brain’s door and makes its way to your heart. ‘Moving On’ by Jaya Jha is just one of those.
Book Review: ‘The Ancient Book’ by Parikshit Rane
Format: Paperback Language: English ISBN: 9381115039 Pages: 82 Price: 95.00 Plot Discussion: ‘The Ancient Book’, penned by Parikshit Rane is a child fantasy novella oriented for readers who belong to secondary school or beginners in English. Crafted with mystic creatures with the most conventional forms of army that old fantasy minds think of; from dragons to thorns cum...
Book Review: ‘The Off-site Tamasha’ by Abhay Nagarajan
Format: Paperback Language: English ISBN: 9789380349534 Pages: 271 Price: 100.00 The Off-site Tamasha is Abhay Nagarajan’s second venture after his very successful first book Corporate Atyaachar which was released earlier in 2011. The book is scintillating, humorous and a light read that will keep you engrossed till the end. Plot Discussion: The book follows the experience of a young,...
Book Review: ‘The Pregnant King’ by Devdutt Pattanaik
Format: Paperback Language: English ISBN: 9780143063476 Pages: 360 Price: 299.00 Plot Discussion: Yes, the title sounds weird and confusing, but the book is a wonderful journey into Indian mythology and the oddities that it contains. This is the tale of Yuvanashva, a King who is denied his right to sitting on the throne by his...
Book Review: ‘Campus Cola’ by N Sampath Kumar
Format: Paperback Language: English ISBN: 9788129117816 Pages: 340 Price: 295.00 Plot Discussion: It is strictly not a regular book, if you have an attention span of a 16 year old teenager. I Would recommend you NOT To read this book! I must add, if you can focus even a little, you would enjoy the subtle humour and philosophy...
Book Review: ‘I Never Thought I Could Fall In Love’ by Chanchaldeep Singh Sandhu
Format: Paperback Language: English ISBN: 9780143415022 Pages: 164 Price: 100.00 Plot Discussion: A breezy 154 page reciting tales of an uncontrollable hormonal flush in a boy is a perfect remedy if you feel overtly sophisticated by the numerous classics available for consumption. A pop fiction with no intentions of becoming a literary artwork, “I Never Thought I Could...
Book Review: ‘Shiver’ by Maggie Stiefvater
Format: Paperback Language: English ISBN: 978184774028 Pages: 400 Price: 550.00 Plot Discussion: Supernatural romances have been done and done again, and I am not ashamed to say that I have read and enjoyed a few of them but Maggie Stiefvater brings something extra to hers. Shiver is the first book in the Wolves of Mercy Falls trilogy...
Interview: Paritosh Uttam, author of ‘Dreams in Prussian Blue’
Paritosh Uttam is a well-known name in the current Indian English literature scenario. Today we have him on ‘Between The Lines’ on a quite detailed interview session with one of our team members. Let his words speak more of him. Biography: Pune-based software engineer and now a published writer. Author of ‘Dreams in Prussian Blue‘, published...