Tag Archives: Book Review
Gangster Wrap
In Dongri to Dubai, crime reporter S. Hussain Zaidi pours his years on the beat into a magnum opus.
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Band Baajaa Bharat
In his lavishly illustrated new book, Naresh Fernandes tells the tale of how jazz came to India. Read More »
MB Recommends: Mumbai Rollercoaster
In Rajorshi Chakraborti’s young adult fiction novel, the voices and tones of the murder mystery-solving teenaged characters are pitch perfect. Read More »
Knotty People
‘The Wedding Wallah’, the third book in author Farahad Zama’s Marriage Bureau series, nimbly balances such diverse elements as homosexuality and rural insurgency. Read More »
Book Review: Noon by Aatish Taseer
Aatish Taseer’s latest book, like his others, is full of characters and events that are as obviously inspired by real life as Hindi film music director Pritam’s songs are inspired by the tunes on his iPod. Read More »
Future Tense
The Windup Girl, which is set in a future in which the world’s crops have been destroyed by genetic mutation and plagues, won fulsome praise from critics and science fiction enthusiasts. Within a few pages, it’s easy to see why. Read More »
Getting A Rise
Among “Bombay Books”, Aravind Adiga’s new novel ‘Last Man In Tower’ stands right up there with the best of the sub-genre. Read More »
Hairy Story
The transition from young adult fiction to a fully adult novel has been smooth for Artemis Fowl-creator Eoin Colfer. His first adult novel “Plugged” is unambiguously A-rated in terms of its setting, language and subject. Read More »
Memory Tests
The protagonists in The Good Muslim struggle to find their niche in this new Bangladesh that, like them, is yearning to make peace with the past and settle into a modern identity. Read More »
Ira Trivedi’s New Book Has Little To Love
There’s No Love on Wall Street is a charmless coming-of-age story. Read More »
How Geeky Are Our Geeks?
Not very, says Angela Saini in her new book about India’s super smart. Read More »
Book Review: Third Best
Arjun Rao’s novel about life at a boarding school is weighed down by too many mundane details and a busload of clichés. Read More »
Reading Lesson
Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk’s non-fiction book on the art of writing novels is unlikely to win him new fans. Read More »
Book Review: India Calling
Anand Giridharadas’s debut novel has little insight and lots of clichés. Read More »
Revolutionary Tale
1857 is a crackling, vibrant account of our First War of Independence. Read More »
