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Kafka on the Shore

by Haruki Murakami
- Rated 4 stars
“A wonderful collection of characters and a magical realistic story make this, my first Murakami book a real treat. Oshima and Nakata are very unusual people and make the inscrutable japanese world warm and welcome. Two story line run in alternate chapters and meet at the end giving a certain thrill and pace to the story....”

buoyant wrote this review Tuesday, June 17 2008. ( reply | permalink )
Party of One: The Loners' Manifesto

by Anneli S. Rufus
- Rated 3 stars
“As a borderline loner, I found it amusing to see the elaborate manner of looking at a serious loner's worldview. the chapters are based on the prism - adveritising, popular culture, relegion etc...Somehow i did not feel i got to know anything more than there are many of us out there....”

buoyant wrote this review Friday, June 13 2008. ( reply | permalink )
The Calcutta Chromosome

by Amitav Ghosh
- Rated 3 stars
“A science fiction set in different time zones, I found it a pacy thriller very unlike what you may expect of this author..... what is weak is the title itself - I never figured its connection with the main track of the story.”

buoyant wrote this review Sunday, June 8 2008. ( reply | permalink )
Intimacy

by Hanif Kureishi
- Rated 4 stars
“There are lines in this book that will hum in your head.... hanif has this witty pithy way of describing visceral stuff that makes it memorable. very gifted writer. this book looks at the memories and thoughts of the night he is leaving his wife for another woman... it makes a connect and shows the man's mind and heart rather honestly...”

buoyant wrote this review Friday, April 25 2008. ( reply | permalink )
Moth Smoke: A Novel

by Mohsin Hamid
- Rated 3 stars
“Its a quick read and I liked the sense of Lahore and its people it evokes. A tale of an illicit affair and the down spiral of an unemployed junkie... ah well, forgettable stuff except for the sharp details that linger in your head...”

buoyant wrote this review Monday, March 3 2008. ( reply | permalink )
The Last Mughal: The Fall of a Dynasty: Delhi, 1857

by William Dalrymple
- Rated 3 stars
“I could not finish it despite the very evocative description of the period. Recommend it for lovers of delhi and history. The book demands a very free mind and time to savour it.”

buoyant wrote this review Monday, January 28 2008. ( reply | permalink )
Age of Kali Travels and Encounters In Indi

by William Dalrymple
- Rated 3 stars
“essays on travel and history that are charming as WD's work usually is. covers offbeat look at familiar places- hyderabad's old families, de witching in cochin's parashakti temple and other indian eccentric ities. But when i pull back and look at them as representing the Kalyug, only a few stories hold together on that theme. ”

buoyant wrote this review Monday, January 28 2008. ( reply | permalink )
Shalimar the Clown: A Novel

by Salman Rushdie
- Rated 1 stars
“I am labouring through this book. Salman was such a favourite of mine. don't know if he has gotten weary or am i so changed as to not enjoy his writing. But the book is no pull, it feels so forced. Ah well, i will pick up midnights children or haroun and the sea to restore my affections for him...”

buoyant wrote this review Wednesday, December 12 2007. ( reply | permalink )
To Kill a Mockingbird

by Harper Lee
- Rated 4 stars
“Wonderful story about living in a prejudiced world and standing up for the underdog. I count it among my favourites. ”

buoyant wrote this review Saturday, October 20 2007. ( reply | permalink )
Journey To Ixtlan

by Carlos Castaneda
- Rated 3 stars
“i liked the neat way the themes of the previous books are refined as individual chapters making his complex experience of shamanism a little clearer. It is my favourite in the series.”

buoyant wrote this review Saturday, October 20 2007. ( reply | permalink )