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Category Archives: India
The Moor’s Last Sigh
The Moor’s Last Sigh by Salman Rushdie (India/Britain) 1995 / 434 pages rating 7 / 20th c. fiction Okay, so I’m a Rushdie fan since Midnight’s Children and totally fell in love with The Satanic Verses (the first book I ever read twice in … Continue reading
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Narcopolis
Narcopolis by Jeet Thayil 2012 / 288 pgs ( Kindle) rating: 8.5 This book started out so lovely, so real, so refreshing. I’d say the first half was like that. Then, probably like the addicts themselves, it just went downhill … Continue reading
Posted in 2012, fiction, India, Kindle/ebook
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Feasting, Fasting
Feasting, Fasting by Anita Desai 1999/240 pages Booker s’list / India rating: 9 Odd I should actually read a paperback rather than an e-book, but this was on a super-sale and I couldn’t resist. Although Desai has been widely acclaimed … Continue reading
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Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard
Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard by Kiran Desai fiction – India 1998 / 224 pages Rating: 7 This is a somewhat silly but very fun read – inspired by a rather bizarre true a true story from India Desai takes that … Continue reading
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The Glass Palace
The Glass Palace by Amitov Ghosh 2000, 512 pages read by Simon Vance 17h 59m Rating – 8 It’s about time I got around to reading this book! I totally loved Sea of Poppies and River of Smoke was … Continue reading
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The Case of the Man Who Died Laughing
The Case of the Man Who Died Laughing by Tarquin Hall read by Sam Dastor 8h 25m Rating – 6.5 Visha Puri is a highly respected detective who one day gets called to investigate the death of a Dr. Jha … Continue reading
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The House of Blue Mangoes
The House of Blue Mangoes by David Davidar 2002 / 421 pages rating – 7.5 I was disappointed in what could have been such a great novel. This is the saga of three generations of the Dorais, a non-Brahmin, land-owning … Continue reading
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River of Smoke
River of Smoke by Amitov Ghosh 2011 / 528 pages fiction – 2nd in trilogy “The Ibis Trilogy” rating – 9 Whew! I just finished the second time – and I’m counting it twice. I listened the first time … Continue reading
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River of Smoke
River of Smoke by Amitov Ghosh 2011 (528 pages) Audible by Sanjiv Jhaveri – 22h. 34m. fiction – 2nd in series rating I really didn’t get “into” this book at all. The last part was quite good but the rest all seemed … Continue reading
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