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A Novel
by Amitav Ghosh
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Published Aug 2012
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by Rong Jiang
Published Mar 2009
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by Tahmima Anam
Published Jan 2009
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by Vikram Chandra
Published Jan 2008
Read ReviewsVikram Chandra's novel draws the reader deep into the life of Inspector Sartaj Singhand into the criminal underworld of Ganesh Gaitonde, the most wanted gangster in India. It is is a story of friendship and betrayal, of terrible violence, of an astonishing modern city and its dark side.
by Rohinton Mistry
Published Nov 2001
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by Michael Ondaatje
Published Apr 2001
Read ReviewsUnfolding against the deeply evocative background of Sri Lanka's landscape and ancient civilization, Anil's Ghost is a literary spellbinder.
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