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A Murder Analysed, A City Revealed
Mohammed Hanif
Journalist Meenal Baghel manages to make a thrilling read of one of the most over-reported crimes of our times, widening its scope to offer a portrait
A Mixed-Up Mills & Boon
The Harlequin formula is ‘hot boy falls for curvy girl and live fuzzily ever after’. Aastha Atray Banan’s attempt to bring in life after romance pops the glorious mirage that M&B entitles us to
Love, Sex Aur Maafi
In this 18th century erotic poem banned by the British, the courtesan Muddupalani gives us Radha, a feminist and sexual woman in rage over Krishna’s ‘betrayal’
Familiar Sorts
In her latest collection of stories, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala writes of people you feel you already know. In her assured hands, that may not be a bad thing
Navon GPS N485
It doesn’t just announce the next turn, it even zooms in on it so you won’t drive past
The Return of the Legal Thriller
After more than a decade of dull books, John Grisham strikes his original form again with a deeply satisfying read
Confessions of an Editor
Humour and honesty, Vinod Mehta knows, are a journalist’s biggest weapons. That’s why his memoirs work
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