Give this man three cheers. Forced to immure himself within a cave because of some bozos in a dress for over two decades, Salman Rushdie is the man to beat. What’s essentially striking abut Rushdie’s folio is the seamless blending of magic and realism. Leaning a bit more towards the magical side of things, decidedly [...]

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Not much needs to be said about the mighty Steppenwolf. When Hesse penned this masterpiece in 1927, he was correct in portraying the disdain for Western faux-intelligentsia that would sweep the post-industrialized societies in the century to come. We see our protagonist as one who gets to the jaded state of life a bit too [...]

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Having never read anything by Steven Pinker before, but hearing others gush about how good his talks are, I picked up this gem at the BPL. Pinker’s a world-famous linguist, and I’m not aware of any of his work except for the fact that some of it disagrees with stuff Chomsky’s done. I’m sure that [...]

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What a glorious little compendium of stories of the macabre oeuvre. These 1033 pages of spine-chilling terror contain the usual heavyweights like Poe and Lovecraft, but also slightly lesser-known authors like  Arthur Machen and E.F. Benson. The stories fall into many categories, but some of the more prominent ones along with my favorites in each [...]

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From now on I’m going to review the books I read. Sometimes there will be a few reviews a week, sometimes less. First off is Anosh Irani‘s The Cripple and His Talismans. If you liked Slumdog Millionaire, chances are you might like Irani‘s earlier work, The Song of Kahunsha. The Cripple and his Talismans is [...]

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