Hag-Seed by Margaret AtwoodMy Rating: 4 of 5 Stars [Originally appeared here: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/li…] The Shakespearean scent is high in the air in his 400th anniversary year and a handful of reputed authors are capturing it to present it anew in the Hogarth Shakespeareseries. A task so stimulating, so enchanting that it is bound to throw aromas of … More Book Review: Hag-Seed by Margaret Atwood (2016)
Ham on Rye by Charles Bukowski My Rating: 2 of 5 Stars Ham on Rye is flanked by sauces of happenstance and its delectability depends on the preferences of one’s reading tongue. Mine, for one, could not bear its sour, unsavoury ingredients. In this bildungsroman, which is semi-autobiographical too, the protagonist, Henry Chinaski loads his … More Book Review: Ham on Rye by Charles Bukowski (1982)
My Grandmother Sends Her Regards and Apologises by Fredrik Backman My Rating: 4 of 5 Stars [Originally appeared here (with edits): http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/li…] Ah! What have I read here? A delightful take on life? A sensitive take on grief? A wise take on relationships? Perhaps all of it. And more. At the centre of this book, is … More Book Review: My Grandmother Sends Her Regards and Apologises by Fredrik Backman (2013)
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