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East of the Sun

East of the Sun
  • Author(s): Julia Gregson
  • Location(s): Mumbai (Bombay)
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): Late 1920s

Autumn 1928. Three young women are on their way to India, each with a new life in mind. Rose, a beautiful but naive bride-to-be, is anxious about leaving her family and marrying a man she hardly knows. Victoria, her...

Fifteen Postcards

Fifteen Postcards
  • Author(s): Kirsten McKenzie
  • Location(s): India
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): Modern looking back 2 centuries

Following the unexplained disappearance of her parents, and in a last ditch attempt to save the antique store she has inherited from financial ruin, Sarah Lester takes on a deceased estate. Amongst the estate is a collection of fifteen...

Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi

Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi
  • Author(s): Geoff Dyer
  • Location(s): Varanasi, Venice
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

This book is in 2 parts – the first part is set during the Biennale, journalist Jeff drinks and snorts his way in and out of social events, and has a short affair with Laura, an American gallery director....

Singles and Spice

Singles and Spice
  • Author(s): Elaine Spires
  • Location(s): India
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

A singles’ holiday to India’s Golden Triangle – Taj Mahal, the pink city of Jaipur, tiger-spotting in Ranthambore, the noisy, crowded streets of Delhi – all go to make up a trip that is hot, humid and spicy. Eve...

The Death of Mr Love

The Death of Mr Love
  • Author(s): Indra Sinha
  • Location(s): India, Lewes, Mumbai (Bombay)
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): 1950s and 1990s

The central tenet is based on a murder case in 1950s Bombay, with tremendous descriptions of the Bombay underworld, its backstreets and community politics, together with scenes of rural India. The story of Bhalu as he remembers his idyllic...

The Kama Sutra Diaries

The Kama Sutra Diaries
  • Author(s): Sally Howard
  • Location(s): India
  • Genre(s): Travelogue
  • Era(s): Modern

Sally Howard, a self-confessed child of the Western Sexual Revolution, sets out on a sexploration through modern India by train, plane and auto-rickshaw. From the heat of anti-rape protest on the streets of New Delhi to the cool hills...

The Lives of Others

The Lives of Others
  • Author(s): Neel Mukherjee
  • Location(s): Kolkata (Calcutta)
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1960s

Calcutta, 1967. Unnoticed by his family, Supratik has become dangerously involved in extremist political activism. Compelled by an idealistic desire to change his life and the world around him, all he leaves behind before disappearing is this note ....

The Midnight Rose

The Midnight Rose
  • Author(s): Lucinda Riley
  • Location(s): England, India
  • Genre(s): Historical
  • Era(s): 1900s onwards

Spanning four generations, The Midnight Rose sweeps from the glittering palaces of the great maharajas of India to the majestic stately homes of England, following the extraordinary life of a girl, Anahita Chavan, from 1911 to the present day . ....

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...

Under the Jewelled Sky

Under the Jewelled Sky
  • Author(s): Alison McQueen
  • Location(s): India
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Mid 20th Century

London 1957. In a bid to erase her past, Sophie Schofield accepts a wedding proposal from ambitious British diplomat, Lucien Grainger. When he is posted to New Delhi, into the glittering circle of ex-pat society, old wounds begin to...

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