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Autobiography masquerades as novel in a tale of vicious dysfunction overcome by resoluteness of spirit
Magazine | Nov 09, 2009
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Sister Jesme writes in an intense, informal voice, as if she were standing in the room, haranguing the reader
Magazine | Jul 20, 2009
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A stunning debut collection. Each of these stories is guaranteed to raise a sweat, a goose-pimple or at the very least, a guilty chuckle.
Magazine | Jun 15, 2009
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An exceptionally well-written and sensibly argued book about that most insubstantial of human experiences
Magazine | Mar 23, 2009
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A lively flame of black humour reinvents the familiar Indian domestic farce, adding depth and pathos
Magazine | Mar 02, 2009
How to be Happy
These are a few of the books which—for me, at any rate—never fail to tickle the chuckle bone
Magazine | Dec 29, 2008
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The plot is tedious, the dialogue gauche, the characters unconvincing
Magazine | Aug 11, 2008
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For the kind of reader who believes the right shampoo can save the world, this is the perfect book.
Magazine | Jun 23, 2008
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An unsuccesful foray on breezy-absurd territory where anything goes. You can't even take the author to court.
Magazine | May 05, 2008
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These halloas from an itinerant seeker call us to paths leading nowhere
Magazine | Mar 03, 2008
Capital Letters
Low temperatures, fog and migratory visitors -- that's what winter in Delhi means for me
Web | Jan 23, 2008
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Like the best of authors, Kesavan peels the layers
of our tired old world and reinvents it afresh
Magazine | Dec 24, 2007
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This thoroughly entertaining and informative book reminds us of the jewel we snatched from the British crown: the English language.
Magazine | Oct 01, 2007
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Indians and Americans come together in these fables for our times that present both cultures as equally venal, grasping and degenerate.
Magazine | Sep 10, 2007
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Smart, chic and deadly: the incomparable Modesty Blaise. But the edition isn't perfect.
Magazine | Jun 18, 2007
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Perhaps the book was intended to be subversive and heretical but the prose style renders the narrative as a Malayalam TV sitcom.
Magazine | Jun 04, 2007
Capital Letters
Connaught Place has become so decrepit it should be declared an art installation. Walking around was a nightmare of broken sidewalks, peeling plaster and gaping ditches.
Web | Mar 20, 2007
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The book is about the adrenaline rush of humdrum survival eked out within the casually chaotic, blood-drenched mobocracy of today's India.
Magazine | Mar 26, 2007
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No doubt the several translators have performed a heroic task, but the results are disappointing.
Magazine | Feb 19, 2007
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In which the reviewer imitates the book's technique, avoiding straightforward prose for "something more creative"...
Magazine | Jan 22, 2007