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Federick Forstyh’s mastwerpiece novel “Icon” is an historical fiction centering around the Russian Federation in 1999. The story in set in 1999. Igor Komarov, head of the right-wing Union of Patriotic Forces (UPF) was almost certain to win the elections when a janitor working in his office happends to stumble upon a document containing extremely…
Monthly Archives: July 2009
My Booky Wook: Russell Brand
Not for the faint hearted, this book, written by the British stand-up comedian and host of the MTV Video Music Awards Russell Brand, will test even fans of his unique style of explicit, irreverent, lude comedy. It chronicles his rise to fame through drug and sex addiction, and gives fans an insight into how his…
The Odessa file
The Odessa File, published in 1972 is one of Frederick Forsyth’s thriller novel detailing the adventures of a young German reporter attempting to discover the location of a former SS concentration-camp commander. ODESSA is an acronym for the German phrase “Organisation der ehemaligen SS-Angehörigen”, or the “Organization of Former Members of the SS”, allegedly an…
The Day of the Jackal
The Day of the Jackal, published in 1971 is one of the best spy and thriller novel ever, and Frederick Forsyth’s masterpiece. The story is about a professional assassin contracted by the OAS French terrorist group to kill Charles de Gaulle, the President of France. What makes the novel remarkable is the fact that Charles…
Cutting for stone
“Cutting for stone” is Abraham Varghese’s first novel, an epic tale about love, abandonment, betrayal and redemption. The author narrates a saga that spans over three continents and six decades, in the traditional storytelling mode. Varghese pays meticulous attention to detail and weaves the threads of the numerous story lines and sub-plots into a cohesive…
The White Tiger
“The White Tiger” is Aravind Adiga’s first novel, and an extraordinary and brilliant attempt, written in the form of a series of letters to Wen Jiabao, the Chinese premier, from Balram Halwai, the Bangalore businessman, the self-styled “White Tiger”. The book comments on the new India, the prosperity resultant from the developments in the field…
George Bernad Shaw
George Bernard Shaw (1856 –1950) was a famous Irish playwright, noted for his many writings and wit. He started his literary career with many writings in music literary criticism, and journalism, he attained fame through his dramas. He wrote more than 60 plays in all, the most popular ones being Mrs Warren’s Profession, You can…
Centennial
Centennial is one of James Mitchener’s historical novel, published in 1974. The novel traces the history of the northeast Colorado plains from prehistory until the early 1970s, set in the fictional town of Centennial, which nonetheless bear striking resemblance to modern day Weld County. town of Greeley, Colorado. Unlike Mitchner’s other historical novels like Texas…
Alaska
Alaska is James A Michener’s popular historical novel, one of his best works, and like most of his books, is a voluminous 1100 pages epic dealing with the history of Alaska in story form, starting from the state’s geographical genesis and ending with Alaska’s role in World War II. The long narrative form that easily…
Discovery of India
The Discovery of India is a monumental work by Jawaharlal Nehru, India’s first prime minister. The work is actually a series of elaborate and fairly well researched letters written by Nehru to his daughter Indira, the future Prime Minister. Nehru wrote the letters when he was in jail, during India’s freedom struggle against the British…