On the Greenwich Line by Shady Lewis, London observed through the eyes of an Egyptian. Translated by Katharine Halls. This is a short novel of 170 pages or so, written with authority and humour. It is beautifully translated by...
May You Have Delicious Meals by Junko Takase, short novel set in Saitama (Japan) Translated by Morgan Giles What a curious little book this is. A trio of office workers act out the Drama Triangle by forming liaisons, and...
Courting India by Nandini Das proved was a good title to take on a recent trip to India. It focusses on the first the Ambassador in the early 1600s, Thomas Roe, who arrived in Surat and the book charts...
Hunkeler’s Secret by Hansjörg Schneider, police procedural set in BASEL (and Alsace). Translated by Alice Freuler. This is the 4th outing for Peter Hunkeler, retired police inspector and as the novel opens he is in hospital having had an...
#TalkingLocationWith... Tania Malik: Dubai and the Evolution of a City How does one write about a city that exists and does not exist at the same time? That was my conundrum as I worked on my novel Hope You...
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