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| best of BOOKS Khushwant Singh FICTION
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Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee: The Nobel laureate’s saga of the transition of South |
Embers by Sandor Marai: A modern classic recalls an old story of two friends who meet after a span of over 40 years
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The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester Gripping tale of how the OED was compiled. Reads like a detective novel. | |||
| Between the Covers While India succumbed totally to the British wizard’s charms, literary relations soured in the UK. Hari Kunzru refused an award sponsored by Daily Mail because he felt the paper pursued “an editorial policy of vilifying and demonising refugees”. Honorary South Asian Patrick French refused an obe because it contained the word “empire”. Vikram Seth collected a cool Rs 10 crore advance for Two Lives. | ||
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