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A Novel
by Vikram Chandra
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by Tarun J. Tejpal
Published Aug 2013
Read ReviewsPart thriller and part erotic romance, full of dark humor and knife-edged suspense, The Story of My Assassins is an awesome adventure into the heart of today's India.
by Richard Price
Published Mar 2009
Read ReviewsRichard Price tears the shiny veneer off the new New York to show us the hidden cracks, the underground networks of control and violence beneath the glamour.
by Aravind Adiga
Published Oct 2008
Read ReviewsBalram Halwai is a complicated man. Servant. Philosopher. Entrepreneur. Murderer. Balram tells us the terrible and transfixing story of how he came to be a success in life - having nothing but his own wits to help him along.
by Paul Theroux
Published Sep 2008
Read ReviewsA master of the travel narrative weaves three intertwined novellas of Westerners transformed by their sojourns in India.
by Qiu Xiaolong
Published Oct 2007
Read ReviewsThe fourth book in the Inspector Chen series, this unusual and compelling crime novel blends character, poetry, insights into Chinese society and culture, and food with a compelling plot.
by Salman Rushdie
Published Oct 2006
Read ReviewsFrom one of the leading literary figures of our time, a gripping international tale of love and revenge, and the ancient and modern conflicts from which they spring.
by John Burdett
Published Jul 2006
Read ReviewsFrom the author of Bangkok 8, a head-spinning new novel that puts us back in the company of the inimitable Royal Thai Police detective Sonchai Jitpleecheep.
by Amitav Ghosh
Published Jun 2006
Read ReviewsA prophetic novel of remarkable insight, beauty, and humanity set in the Sundarbans, an immense labyrinth of tiny islands on the easternmost coast of India.
by Rohinton Mistry
Published Nov 2001
Read Reviews"Astonishing. . . . A rich and varied spectacle, full of wisdom and laughter and the touches of the unexpectedly familiar through which literature illuminates life." - The Wall Street Journal.
by David Mitchell
Published Oct 2001
Read ReviewsDavid Mitchell spins genres, cultures, and ideas like gossamer threads around and through these nine linked stories.
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