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“The Silver Castle” by Clive James is an attempt to describe life in Mumbai as seen by a foreigner. Set in and around the bollywood of ‘90s, the story certainly had potential. Book Title : The Silver Castle Author : Clive James Publisher : Random House (First U.S. Edition) Purchase Links : Buy The Silver Castle from Amazon.com Buy The ... Read More »

Ravi Subramanian is an author by passion and a banker by profession. He authored 6 books so far and aims to write at least 50 more! Book Title : Bankerupt Author : Ravi Subramanian Publisher : Penguin Purchase Links : Buy from Amazon.com Buy From Amazon.in Buy from Flipkart Being a banker by himself he holds an authority to write ... Read More »

Though it is mainly the story of Gogol, as we went through in Part 1, ‘The Namesake” also vividly captures the journey of his parents through their lives. Ashoke, a brilliant young engineer, come to the land of dreams to make his contribution to the research work done by the best minds in the world. We trace him from a ... Read More »

Robert Ludlum started his career as an actor and theatrical producer and later became a best-selling author. His books had such a wide fan-following that even after his death in 2001, his name kept appearing on the titles of many best-sellers which were written by other writers. The name “Robert Ludlum” had become synonymous for the genre of crime thrillers. ... Read More »

What’s in a name? that which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet; – William Shakespeare “The Namesake”, the critically acclaimed book by Jhumpa Lahiri, first published in 2004 by Harper Parennial, revolves around the eternal questions. The sense of belonging that is so important to a human being, where does it come from? Where ... Read More »

Once in a while, a writer unintentionally creates a set of characters that become popular beyond his/her imagination and their fan-following becomes almost a cult. Julian, Dick, Georgiana, Anne and Timothy the dog came into existence when Enid Blyton wrote “Five on a Treasure Island“. The story featuring the brave children and their dog on a summer adventure was first ... Read More »