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Glass Palace
Amitav Ghosh

$19.99 – Paperback book / Flamingo

The acclaimed author of The Calcutta Chromosome and The Shadow Lines has burst out on to the big stage with a major saga on that hidden country, Burma.

Rajkumar is only another boy helping on a market stall in the dusty ... Buy or find out more 


The God Of Small Things
Arundhati Roy

$19.99 – Paperback book / Flamingo

The God of Small Things explores the tragic fate of a high-caste family in a small village in India. A compelling story which marries the deepest, smallest personal emotions with an epic narrative. Winner Booker Prize 19... Buy or find out more 



Passage to India
E. M. Forster

$9.95 – Paperback book / Penguin Books

When Adela and her elderly companion Mrs Moore arrive in the Indian town of Chandrapore, they quickly feel trapped by its insular and prejudiced British community. Determined to explore the 'real India', they seek the gu... Buy or find out more 


Animal's People
Indra Sinha

$22.99 – Paperback book / Pocket Books

'I used to be human once. So I'm told. I don't remember it myself, but people who knew me when I was small say I walked on two feet just like a human being...' Ever since he can remember, Animal has gone on all fours, th... Buy or find out more 



 

Interpreter Of Maladies
Jhumpa Lahiri

$25.00$19.99 – Paperback book / Harper Collins

Pulitzer-winning, scintillating studies in yearning and exile from a Bengali Bostonian woman of immense promise.

A couple exchange unprecedented confessions during nightly blackouts in their Boston apartment as they stru... Buy or find out more 


The Inheritance Of Loss
Kiran Desai

$24.95 – Paperback book / Penguin Books

Winner of the 2006 Man Booker Prize for Fiction.

At the foot of Mount Kanchenjunga in the Himalayas, lives an embittered old judge who wants nothing more than to retire in peace. But with the arrival of his orphaned gran... Buy or find out more 



A Fine Balance
Rohinton Mistry

$24.95 – Paperback book / Faber & Faber

In mid-1970s urban India - a chaos of wretchedness on the streets and slogans in the offices - a chain of circumstances tosses four varied individuals together in one small flat. Stubbornly independent Dina, widowed earl... Buy or find out more 


Satanic Verses
Salman Rushdie

$19.95 – Paperback book / Vintage

One of the most controversial and acclaimed novels ever written,The Satanic Versesis Salman Rushdie’s best-known and most galvanizing book. Set in a modern world filled with both mayhem and miracles, the story begins wit... Buy or find out more 



House For Mr Biswas
Naipaul V S

$22.95 – Paperback book / Picador

The early masterpiece of V. S. Naipaul's brilliant career,A House for Mr. Biswasis an unforgettable story inspired by Naipaul's father that has been hailed as one of the twentieth century's finest novels. In his forty-si... Buy or find out more 


Q & A
Vikas Swarup

$24.95 – Paperback book / Corgi Books

The warm-hearted comic story of a penniless waiter from Mumbai who became the biggest quiz-show winner in history!

Ram Mohammad Thomas has been arrested. For answering twelve questions correctly on Who Will Win A Billion... Buy or find out more 



Red Earth And Pouring Rain
Vikram Chandra

$22.95 – Paperback book / Faber

The gods of poetry and death descend on a house in India to vie for the soul of a wounded monkey. A bargain is struck: the monkey must tell a story, and if he can keep his audience entertained, he shall live. The result ... Buy or find out more 


Home And The World
Rabindranath Tagore

$17.95 – Paperback book / Penguin Books

Set on a Bengali noble's estate in 1908, this is both a love story and a novel of political awakening. The central character, Bimala, is torn between the duties owed to her husband, Nikhil, and the demands made on her b...


A Suitable Boy
Vikram Seth

$29.99 – Paperback book / Phoenix House

Winner of the Commonwealth Writers Prize 1994.

Vikram Seth's novel is at its core a love story, a tale of Lata - and her mother's attempts to find a suitable boy, through love or through exacting maternal appraisal. Set ... Buy or find out more 


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