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The Life You Want

The Life You Want
  • Author(s): Emily Barr
  • Location(s): India
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

Emily Barr’s unputdownable new novel is about a mother of two with a seemingly perfect life who’s cracking up and longing to get away from it all. But when she finally gets to go away, to India, things are...

The Lowland

The Lowland
  • Author(s): Jhumpa Lahiri
  • Location(s): Kolkata (Calcutta), Rhode Island
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1960s to modern

From Subhash’s earliest memories, at every point, his brother was there. In the suburban streets of Calcutta where they wandered before dusk and in the hyacinth-strewn ponds where they played for hours on end, Udayan was always in his...

The Mountain Shadow

The Mountain Shadow
  • Author(s): Gregory David Roberts
  • Location(s): Mumbai (Bombay)
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs, Fiction
  • Era(s): 1980s

Shantaram introduced millions of readers to a cast of unforgettable characters through Lin, an Australian fugitive, working as a passport forger for a branch of the Bombay mafia. In The Mountain Shadow, the long-awaited sequel, Lin must find his way in...

The Mulberry Empire

The Mulberry Empire
  • Author(s): Philip Hensher
  • Location(s): Kabul, Kolkata (Calcutta), London
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 19th Century

The novel begins in Kabul with the arrival of Burnes, an ambitious young Scot, eager to open up the country to the English. News of his arrival soon reaches the Amir, for whom “the arrival of the new European...

The Pleasure Seekers

The Pleasure Seekers
  • Author(s): Tishani Doshi
  • Location(s): Chennai (Madras), London
  • Era(s): 1960s onwards

August, 1968: Babo Patel arrives in London from Madras, with curly hair, jhill mill teeth and dreams of becoming a success. When he meets the beautiful, auburn-haired Siân Jones, he falls in love instantly. She, like him, is in...

The Road Back

The Road Back
  • Author(s): Liz Harris
  • Location(s): Ladakh
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): Mid 20th Century

When Patricia accompanies her father, Major George Carstairs, on a trip to Ladakh, north of the Himalayas, in the early 1960s, she sees it as a chance to finally win his love. What she could never have foreseen is...

The Romantics

The Romantics
  • Author(s): Pankaj Mishra
  • Location(s): Varanasi
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Late 1980s

The young Brahman Samar has come to the holy city of Benares to complete his education and take the civil service exam that will determine his future. But in this city redolent of timeworn customs, where pilgrims bathe in...

The Sea of Innocence (Simran Singh 3)

The Sea of Innocence (Simran Singh 3)
  • Author(s): Kishwar Desai
  • Location(s): Goa
  • Genre(s): Mystery
  • Era(s): Modern

Goa, south India. A beautiful holiday hideaway where hippies and backpackers while away the hours. But beneath the clear blue skies lies a dirty secret… Simran Singh is desperate for a break and some time away from her busy...

The Search for the Pink Headed Duck

The Search for the Pink Headed Duck
  • Author(s): Rory Nugent
  • Location(s): India
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs, Travelogue
  • Era(s): 1980s

Nugent goes to India in search of the pink headed duck, and it is 50 odd years since it was last seen. Is it extinct? From Calcutta to New Delhi, and NE India.

The Secret Children

The Secret Children
  • Author(s): Alison McQueen
  • Location(s): Assam
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 1920s

Assam, 1925. James MacDonald is one of the sons of empire who has no yearning for England. Running a tea plantation, he loves India and is reluctant to choose a British bride from the eager crowds sent over. But...

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