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Mar 8, 14 • 150 Views • Books, Reviews • Falah Faisal • No Comments
A comic book writer once told me, “When you are making a film, if you need an airport you have to find locations, decorate a set, get permissions. If I want an airport in my comic book, I just have to draw one.” The quote is exemplified in Odayan, an epic...
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Nov 6, 13 • 195 Views • Books, Reviews • Ushnav Shroff • No Comments
With a misleading title and having the distinction of being the winner of the 1996 Hawthornden Prize, An Experiment in Love is a novel by Hilary Mantel that is nothing what I expected it to be. Promising romance tales and an experience in love like none other...
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Aug 28, 13 • 356 Views • Books, Reviews • Ushnav Shroff • No Comments
The Boy who could see Demons is Carolyn Jess-Cooke’s second novel and a very impressive one at that. In the vein of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, it’s a clever and enchanting novel for anyone who understands the importance of needing...
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Aug 18, 13 • 382 Views • Books, Reviews • Ushnav Shroff • 2 Comments
“Lots of things are mysteries. But that doesn’t mean there isn’t an answer to them.” Mark Haddon’s The curious incident of the dog in the night-time has the distinction of being the first novel ever to be published simultaneously in two...
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Jun 29, 13 • 215 Views • Books, Reviews • Karthik Keramalu • No Comments
Kishalay Bhattacharjee’s Che in Paona Bazaar is a reticent vein running through the North East. The short stories are chased by a population who are buried under the unmixed concrete of violence which is a common factor by now. The stories move like...
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Mar 17, 13 • 354 Views • Books, Reviews • Esha Vaish • No Comments
Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds drew as much attention for its altered take on history as for creativity of the director in filming the entire movie. Oswald Pereira does something similar for the literary world with his new book Revenge of the Naked...
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Dec 13, 12 • 183 Views • Books, Reviews • Naomi Sarah • No Comments
I was sent a novel that circled around bloodstained reminiscences of a war gone by – remnants of what it left behind both emotionally and mentally, and disturbed ex-militia up to no good – not my cup of tea, really. I love stories with a dose of...
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Nov 19, 12 • 164 Views • Books, Reviews • Malcolm Carvalho • No Comments
It is safe to compare the writing of a whodunit thriller to walking a tightrope – the writer has to achieve a balance between dropping enough titbits to keep the reader interested and not revealing too much early on. He then has to deliver a sucker...
