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Beauty, At a Price
Pakistan’s unlikely Urdu literary star, a former mason, makes his English debut with striking if simple short stories
A Life Less Extraordinary
This biography of trail-blazing Princess Sophia Duleep Singh offers a parallel narrative of 20th century feminism
Bright Lights, Every City
A spunky collection of essays takes an acclaimed novelist through India and the world in search of her many homes
In Praise of Mrs G
In the first of a trilogy which is part history and part memoir, Pranab Mukherjee misses the big picture of history
Poseidon’s Lovers
A slow-burning novel vivifies the life and loves of young gay men, moving between the Northeast, Delhi and London
An Endless Spiral
Two women writers turn an unflinching eye to the lasting fallout of Sri Lanka’s civil conflict
2014 BOOKS REVIEW: OPEN reviewers on their favourites
Faiza Sultan Khan, Tunku Varadarajan, Burhan Wazir, MJ Akbar, Mini Kapoor, Jug Suraiya
2014 BOOKS REVIEW: EDITOR’S CHOICE
The way things were • The zone of interest • The Myth of the strong leader • Thirteen days in September: Carter, Begin, and Sadat at Camp David
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