Ever since it appeared on the Man Booker shortlist, much of the talk about The Sisters Brothers – Canadian writer Patrick deWitt’s second novel – has been about how the genre novel has breached the fortress of the world’s best-known literary prizes. Read more

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Posted by Soumya Bhattacharya on Monday, September 26, 2011 at 6:47 pm
Filed under Books, Page Turner · Tagged Charles Portis, Coen brothers, Granta, Kill Bill movies, Man Booker, Patrick deWitt, Quentin Tarantino, The Sisters Brothers, True Grit
I had intended to write about Granta’s September 11 issue on or around that date. As it happened, the book arrived on my desk on the evening of September 10. So I actually spent September 11 reading the special issue. Read more

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Posted by Soumya Bhattacharya on Monday, September 19, 2011 at 6:18 pm
Filed under Books, Page Turner · Tagged Declan Walsh, FATA, Granta 116, hindustantimes, news, pageturner, pakistan, Soumya Bhattacharya
As India’s miserable tour of England draws towards a close, here comes a book of cricket writing that no India fan should do without. Read more

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Posted by Soumya Bhattacharya on Monday, September 12, 2011 at 6:18 pm
Filed under Books · Tagged cricket, England, Gideon Haigh, hindustan times, India, International Cricket Council, IPL, lalit modi, news, Page Turner, Ricky Ponting, Sachin Tendulkar, Shane Warne, Soumya Bhattacharya, test matches, West Indies, World Cup