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Salvation of a Saint

May 24, 2013
By Urmi Chanda-Vaz
Salvation of a Saint

WHAT A DRAG! I would begin and end my review with those three words had this not been a review copy. ‘Salvation of a Saint’ by Keigo Higashino landed in my kitty as a book reviewer as a result of fierce PR activity that this writer/publisher is wont to do. I remember the massive noise Higashino’s first book – The Devotion of Suspect X – made in India’s blogging circles. I finally managed to finish the book today after lugging it around for a while. And I call it lugging not for its weight or volume but for its...
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The Other Side of the Table

April 23, 2013
By Urmi Vaz
The Other Side of the Table

There are some books where you are part of a respectful audience and then there are some when you are a voyeur. I felt like the latter when reading ‘The Other Side of the Table’, written uniquely as it is in the form of...
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Dozakhnama

April 1, 2013
By Urmi Vaz
Dozakhnama

Have you ever been burnt by a book? Been trapped between its pages, gasping for air? Have you felt that if you read any more you’d die; but if you didn’t read, you’d die anyway? If you’ve not had the pleasure of such a...
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A River Sutra

March 6, 2013
By Urmi Vaz
A River Sutra

The good/bad invention/addiction that is Twitter is perhaps the single most influential sphere of my adult life. I’ve made and parted with friends here, built some real and imaginary...
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Maid in Singapore

February 13, 2013
By Urmi Chanda-Vaz
Maid in Singapore

Despite telling a complex grey tale, Kishore Modak’s is one of the coldest voices I’ve ever read. A lot happens in the 239 pages of this short novel, yet...
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Operation Lipstick

February 13, 2013
By Nabila Tazyeen
Operation Lipstick

The title of the book should have warned me. It should have raised red flags in my head, but it didn’t. I mean, if a book was written by...
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