Blogs in January 1970

The Lowland 1st January 1970

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...

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A Most Peculiar Malaysian Murder 1st January 1970

First in the series – Detective Singh is sent to Kuala Lumpur to ensure that a Singaporean citizen accused of murdering her very wealthy Malaysian Chinese husband, gets fairly retreated by the Malaysian justice system.

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The Reluctant Hero 1st January 1970

Set in a fictional country, but essentially Kyrgyzstan. When Harry Jones discovers that former friend Zac Kravitz’s life is in danger, a debt of honour sends him on a perilous rescue mission to Kargistan, a mountainous and landlocked former...

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The Reluctant Fundamentalist 1st January 1970

The setting is Anarkali a district in Lahore, Pakistan. The Reluctant Fundamentalist is Mohsin Hamid’s thrillingly provocative international bestseller,shortlisted for the Man Booker prize in 2007. ‘Excuse me, sir, but may I be of assistance? Ah, I see I...

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The Coroner’s Lunch 1st January 1970

The Dr Siri Paiboun series by Brit ex-pat Colin Cotterill has been joyously received, both for its humour, and its intriguing historical setting, in newly communist 1970s Laos. The books start when 72-year-old Siri is forced to become the...

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