Book Reviews
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Book Review: Desirable Daughters
Paperback Publisher: Theia; 1st edition (March 12, 2003) Lukewarm… and not that desirable. Meet Tara. She is a divorced kindergarten schoolteacher who lives in California with her teenage son and Hungarian boyfriend. Well, she belongs to a rich heritage of Bengali Brahmins. She was once married to an IIT graduate turned millionaire entrepreneur, Bish. Author: Read more
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Book Review: Half a life by VS Naipal
This is a Naipaul gem. Brevity is the soul of wit. In Naipaul’s case, brevity is the soul of literary genius. In this small book, the Nobel Prize-winning author says so much in so few pages. ‘Half a Life’ is the story of Willie ‘Somerset’ Chandran and the forces that shape his life. Though the Read more
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Book Review: The Da Vinci Code
Was the ‘greatest story ever told’ also the ‘greatest story’ ever sold? How accurate are the modern-day versions of the Bible in chronicling the life and times of Jesus Christ? The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown raises these questions, offering a groundbreaking revelation that could threaten the integrity of modern-day Christian beliefs. Well, that’s Read more
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Book Review: Black Mass
Prologue As a former Massachusetts resident, the story of the Bulger brothers held a fascination for me. This is one of two books on them that I have reviewed. This book by Dick Lehr and O’Neil is the story of the Bulgers from the perspective of two journalists. Much has happened since this book came Read more
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Book Review : Prince Of Ayodhya
In the tradition of Stephen King’s ‘Dark Tower’ and Tolkien’s ‘Lord of the Rings’ comes Ashok Banker’s ‘Ramayana, Book I’. Prithvi, Banker’s universe is as mystical a place as Middle Earth in The Lord of the Rings. It is a fable with monsters similar to those from Greek mythology, and mystics like Merlin of the Read more
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