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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorA Dilli-Mumbai Story ...when Love Won Over Terror
Abhimanyu Jha
The Bestseller She Wrote
Ravi Subramanian · 395 pages
This Unquiet Land
Barkha Dutt · 336 pages
India's fault lines run wide and deep. Some of them go back centuries, others are of comparatively recent origin. The myriad villains these fault lines have spawned include rapists, murderers, terrorists, prophets of religious hatred, corrupt politicians, upholders of abhorrent caste traditions, opponents of free speech and dissent, apologists for regressive cultural practices, and external advers
The Blue Notebook
James A. Levine · 206 pages
Dear Reader:Every now and then, we come across a novel that moves us like no other, that seems like a miracle of the imagination, and that haunts us long after the book is closed. James Levine's The Blue Notebook is that kind of book. It is the story of Batuk, an Indian girl who is taken to Mumbai from the countryside and sold into prostitution by her father; the blue notebook is her diary, in whi
Now That You're Rich . . . Let's Fall In Love
Durjoy Datta, Maanvi Ahuja · 215 pages
Shalimar the Clown
Salman Rushdie · 398 pages
De dood van een voormalige Amerikaanse ambassadeur in India lijkt op een politieke moord, maar blijkt persoonlijke wortels te hebben in de geschiedenis van het decennialang tussen India en Pakistan ingeklemde Kashmir.
A Dead Hand: A Crime in Calcutta
Paul Theroux · 272 pages
Een Amerikaanse filantrope vraagt een schrijver, die tijdelijk in Calcutta verblijft, om een mogelijke moord uit te zoeken.
Half Girlfriend
Chetan Bhagat · 356 pages
Half Girlfriend is the much-awaited novel by the famous Indian novelist, Chetan Bhagat. It delves into new and different dimensions that relationships have in today’s world.
Song of Kali
Dan Simmons · 311 pages
Using her stunning looks and hypnotically beautiful voice, Marcy Hanson achieved success beyond what she had imagined. But Dirk's charm pervaded her thoughts, leaving her paralyzed by love.Dirk, back to reclaim his love, bursts back into Marcy's life as disruptively as he left, but he brings more than flowers and the promise of romance. He brings a choice: his love for her or her love for music. N
A Change of Heart
Sonali Dev · 463 pages
Dr. Nikhil 'Nic' Joshi had it all-marriage, career, purpose. Until, while working for Doctors Without Borders in a Mumbai slum, his wife, Jen, discovered a black market organ transplant ring. Before she could expose the truth, Jen was killed. Two years after the tragedy, Nic is a cruise ship doctor who spends his days treating seasickness and sunburn and his nights in a boozy haze. On one of those
My Name is Abu Salem
S. Hussain Zaidi · 248 pages
"Mumbai has produced many dons - but perhaps none so colourful as Abu Salem. The flamboyant ex-aide of Dawood Ibrahim is best known for his involvement in the Mumbai blasts of 1993 and for the murder of music composer Gulshan Kumar. But he became equally famous for his relationship with actress Monica Bedi and his close connection to Bollywood, leading to a number of attempted murders of the film
The Truth
Michael Palin · 261 pages
"Keith Mabbut is at a crossroads in his life. A professional writer of some repute, he has reached the age of fifty-six with nothing resembling the success of his two great literary heroes, George Orwell and Albert Camus. When he is offered the opportunity of a lifetime-- to write the biography of the elusive Hamish Melville, a widely respected and highly influential activist and humanitarian-- he