Monthly Archives: June 2011
The Good Muslim by Tahmima Anam – review | Books | The Observer
A brother and sister clash over ideology in this powerful and insightful novel set in 70s Bangladesh Tahmima Anam: her second novel’s ‘insight places it in the highest league’. Photograph: Spencer Platt/Getty Images Independence has cruel consequences, and these are … Continue reading
Book Review – The Devil’s Light – By Richard North Patterson – NYTimes.com
Nothing solidifies the reputation of a spy novelist so much as prescience. Graham Greene’s “Quiet American” appeared only a year after the French defeat at Dien Bien Phu, and before American advisers had been sent to Vietnam in … Continue reading
Broken Republic, By Arundhati Roy – Reviews, Books – The Independent
AFP/GETTY IMAGES From novelist to activist: Arundhati Roy at a protest in New Delhi In the years since Arundhati Roy won the 1997 Booker Prize for her debut novel, The God of Small Things, she has become the anti-globalisation mascot … Continue reading
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The Wandering Falcon by Jamil Ahmad – review | Books | The Guardian
Border crossings … a guerrilla from the Marri tribe prepares rockets for firing on a Pakistani troop outpost, 2006. Photograph: John Moore/Getty Images Jamil Ahmad, a Pakistani civil servant, began his career in Baluchistan in the 1950s. Most civil servants … Continue reading
Book Review – “Those in Peril” by Wilbur Smith
Wilbur Smith has written 33 books and I have read them all. The minute I see a new book from him in a book shop I buy it straight away. His latest book is called “Those in Peril” and is … Continue reading
