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Book Reviews

Harlan Coben: ‘I like starting with a placid lake. I can then just drop a small pebble and see what happens’

Lhendup G Bhutia

In his latest novel, Harlan Coben writes about a feral child being adopted. The master of the suburban thriller tells Lhendup G Bhutia why pleasant families make for compelling stories

The Boy from the Woods
Harlan Coben
The Mirror and the Light  /
The Mirror and the Light
Hilary Mantel
Mantel’s Genius

The final novel in the Thomas Cromwell trilogy proves how the kingmaker can make for a more compelling story than the king

The Flight of the Arconaut /
The Flight of the Arconaut
Sophia Khan
Tinker a Tale

The everyday ingenuity we see around us is at the heart of steampunk, a genre defined by its combination of modern technology and anachronistic settings

Hijab /
Hijab
Guruprasad Kaginele | Translated by Pavan N. Rao
Medical and Social Drama

Kannada author Guruprasad Kaginele's novel shows the many challenges of Indian doctors in an all-white town

Telecom Man /
Telecom Man
Brijendra K Syngal and Sandipan Deb
Taking India Online

A fast-paced account of BK Syngal, who led India’s telecom revolution

The Deoliwallahs: The True Story of the 1962 Chinese-Indian Internment /
The Deoliwallahs: The True Story of the 1962 Chinese-Indian Internment
Joy Ma and Dilip D’Souza
Questions of Belonging

The Deoliwallahs reminds us that the journey from citizen to foreigner is a short one

The End of Middle East History and Other Conjectures | The Caravan: Abdallah Azzam and the Rise of Global Jihad /
The End of Middle East History and Other Conjectures | The Caravan: Abdallah Azzam and the Rise of Global Jihad
Richard W Bulliet | Thomas Hegghammer
Religious War Inc

The life of an extraordinary jihadist and where it fits in the sweep of history

The Drive /
The Drive
Yair Assulin | Translated by Jessica Cohen
Soldier, at Unease

A young Israeli man’s struggle against institutions, society and himself

Ordinary People, Extraordinary Teachers: The Heroes of Real India /
Ordinary People, Extraordinary Teachers: The Heroes of Real India
S Giridhar
To Teachers, With Love

The educators who help students break out of poverty

Akbar: The Great Mughal /
Akbar: The Great Mughal
Ira Mukhoty
Akbar’s Idea of India

The topical reverberations of Ira Mukhoty’s biography of the great Mughal

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