Any new edition of Granta is a pleasure. This one, Granta 119 (Britain), is a revelation. Published, with a wry, almost diabolic sense of humour to coincide with the celebration of the Queen’s diamond jubilee, the outstanding cover designed by Paul Smith sets the tone. Read more

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Posted by Soumya Bhattacharya on Monday, June 18, 2012 at 7:32 pm
Filed under Page Turner · Tagged Britain, china, England, Gary Younge, Granta, Page Turner, Paul Smith, riches, Soumya Bhattacharya, Stevenage
Ernest Hemingway is one of the first great writers we read as adolescents. By the time I was 19, I had – like many of my friends – exhausted his entire oeuvre. Read more

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Posted by Soumya Bhattacharya on Monday, October 17, 2011 at 6:23 pm
Filed under Books, Page Turner · Tagged A Moveable Feast, Books, England, Ernest Hemingway, Ezra Pound, F Scott Fitzgerald, First Forty Nine Stories, Gertrude Stein, James Joyce, Julian Barnes, Men Without Women, nobel prize, Page Turner, The Old Man and the Sea, The Snows of Kilimanjaro
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