The Lowland – Jhumpa’s New Book Delights
Soon after I read Brotherly Love, the poignant story of two brothers Subhash and Udayan, in the New Yorker (June 10, 2013), I became eager to read Jhumpa Lahiri’s The Lowland from which the short story...
View Article99 Classic Movies for People in a Hurry Review – Hmm, Written in a Hurry
One stumbles upon the oddest books at the library. Earlier today, I scooted over to the local bibliothèque to return the Se7en DVD when I happened upon 99 Classic Movies for People in a Hurry ($9.95)....
View ArticleThe Andalucian Friend – Not a Bad Read
Ever since Stieg Larsson and his weirdo creation Lisbeth Salander came to the attention of the world, Swedish crime writers have hit the jackpot with the English language crowd via translations....
View Article1,227 Quite Interesting Facts – Amusing
I picked up 1,227 Quite Interesting Facts on a lark. It was lying forlorn in the new books section of my local library casting a beseeching “Pick Me Up” look in my direction. I’m glad I picked it up...
View ArticleFamily Life Review – Orgasmic Delight
On Diwali ….standing on the sidewalk…. I felt the life I was living in America was not important, that no matter how rich America was, how wonderful it was to have cartoons on TV, only life in India...
View ArticleWant Not Review – A Gem
India made Micah cry….It wasn’t the makeshift blue shanties and lean-tos, or the women thrashing clothes on rocks, the men squatting to defecate in the shade of Peepal trees, or the naked,...
View Article2 Good Niches for Indian Writers – Corruption and Cowardice
Is it the long, sun-less winters that turn Scandinavian crime fiction writers to morbid, dark thoughts of blood, gore, murder, suicide, torture, guns and knives? Or is the selection of crime fiction...
View ArticleNo Place to Hide – So True
Top Secret NSA Slide (Source: No Place to Hide) The true measure of a person’s worth isn’t what they say they believe in, but what they will do in the defense of those beliefs. If you’re not acting on...
View ArticleKindle Unlimited – Indians, Stay Away
Unlike Apple or Netflix, Amazon has never had class. If you ask me, Amazon is merely a more efficient version of Walmart and the Post Office combined. What I mean is that Amazon lets you get cheap...
View ArticleSouth Indians have Ruined U.S. IT Job Market, Says New Book
Forgery, favoritism and corruption have enabled Telugus and Tamils (the South Indians referred to in the book) to dominate and ruin the U.S. IT jobs market, according to a new e-book published on...
View ArticleDear American Airlines Review – No Book Should be This Good
Dear American Airlines is one of those rare novels on which we can unabashedly lavish endless praise and hail it as an unputdownable tour de force! In just 180 pages, Jonathan Miles pens a brilliant...
View ArticleThe Son Review – Hindus Don’t Wear Turbans
[T]he age of mercy is over and …the day of Judgement has arrived. But as the Messiah is running late, we have to do his job for him. – The Son by Jo Nesbo, p.299 I hate it when Western writers don’t...
View ArticleDoes Putin Have a Small Dick?
Dominika…reached out and put her hand in the president’s lap…With practiced feel, Dominika estimated smaller-than-average dimensions… – Palace of Treason, P.420-422 Ever since I came under the...
View ArticleThe Undertaker’s Daughter – Fails to Live Up To its Potential
The Undertaker’s Daughter by Kate Mayfield 2015, 348 pages Good books are hard to come by these days in my local library. So I was all atwitter when I spotted a beguiling title like Kate Mayfield’s...
View ArticleThe Shadow of the Crescent Moon – Thank You, Bitch!
For this fine debut novel by Fatima Bhutto, I owe much thanks to a bitch. I never had the good fortune to set my eyes on the bitch, only heard of her antics second-hand. But the bitch did me a huge...
View ArticleThe Keeper of Lost Causes – Junk
Ever since the Swedish journalist Stieg Larsson hit the jackpot (alas posthumously) for his crime trilogy, other Scandinavian writers quickly spotted an opportunity, clambered on the sex-murder...
View ArticleMislaid – Faggotry Made Fashionable
Thanks to a recent issue of the New Yorker, I stumbled upon Nell Zink. After reading the New Yorker piece, I figured that if Jonathan Franzen had high regard for Nell Zink there must be something to...
View ArticlePurity – Franzen Delights as Usual
After delighting in Freedom and Corrections, of course, I was hungry for Jonathan Franzen’s new novel, Purity. Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock in Durgapur, you know that Franzen is the most well...
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