The Last Mughal: The Fall of a Dynasty: Delhi, 185742 reviews William Dalrymple Knopf, 2007 Masterful, Commanding, Brilliant History + Superb portrait of Mughal Delhi and its destruction in 1857 + Commendable Research + The Last Mughul: the author's style is refreshing in some aspects. + Mutiny and Revenge             The Ground Beneath Her Feet: A Novel112 reviews Salman Rushdie Picador, 2000 For crying out India Michael Pakenham of the Baltimore Sun is quoted on the back cover of the copy I bought of this book by saying, 'It's the best thing ever written about rock and roll. It is rock and roll ..' One question: How much did this guy get paid to say that. Multiple too many times, now, I've been ...             The God of Small Things871 reviews Arundhati Roy Harper Perennial, 1998 The Glimmer of An Immense Sea + Star-Crossed Lovers + Great used book + Breathtaking First Novel             Going Postal114 reviews Terry Pratchett HarperTorch, 2005 great book + Watch Out Yahoo! + Going Postal + Pratchett = Wonderful as usual + Good story, though not great in Discworld terms             Interpreter of Maladies (Edition 001)463 reviews Jhumpa Lahiri Mariner Books, 1999 One of the best books I've ever read + Strange Maladies for Sure + It Gets Better As You Read It + Excellent collection of stories + Lovely stories             Midnight's Children181 reviews Salman Rushdie Penguin (Non-Classics), 1991 Wicked Sense of Humor + A Magic Carpet Ride of Indian History Oh, my goodness. What do I say about this? It's such a rich, excellently written story with lots of interesting action and characters. Bonus: Rushdie has a wicked wicked WICKED sense of humor. And, did I say that the writing is to die for? Envy the size of an elephant inhabited my body as I was ...             The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide: Five Complete Novels and One Story (Deluxe Edition)72 reviews Douglas Adams Gramercy, 2005 It's easy to fly, just jump at the ground and miss. + Great Collection!!! + Great Book for All Ages + I love it. + OUTSTANDING!!!!!             Cuckold10 reviews Kiran Nagarkar HarperCollins India, 1999 The most stellar book to emerge from the Indian pantheon! + Fit for a prince! + KUDOS TO KIRAN NAGARKAR + Amazing Journey             English, August: An Indian Story (New York Review Books Classics)25 reviews Upamanyu Chatterjee NYRB Classics, 2006 A Brilliantly Funny and Irreverant Coming of Age Story in India + Brilliant + The great Indian novel? Imagine combining Salinger's THE CATCHER IN THE RYE with Roth's PORTNOY'S COMPLAINT and Kevin Smith's CLERKS and setting the whole story in rural India, using for a protagonist a college-educated, citified, pot-smoking, Marcus Aurelius reading, half-Bengali, half-Christian slacker whose friends ...             The Shadow Lines: A Novel27 reviews Amitav Ghosh Mariner Books, 2005 Catapulted 2 different places, times at breath taking tempo! + A journey through space and time + Ghosh's best + mind blowing!             India: From Midnight to the Millennium and Beyond5 reviews Shashi Tharoor Arcade Publishing, 2006 Best read in ages + Great book + India- a dream that will come true I so enjoyed this book that I am excited to read the other books by Mr. Tharoor. I spent some time in India last fall and reading this book helped answer the many questions I had upon my return. It is very well written and hold interest throughout.             Maps for Lost Lovers11 reviews Nadeem Aslam Vintage, 2006 This is a masterpiece of imagery and emotion! + Can't see the forest for the trees + UNBELIEVABLY FABULOUSLY BEAUTIFUL BOOK I have never read a more exquisitely written and detailed novel in my life and am reluctant to finish it! It is a story that can be read over and over and I know that I will because THIS is top-notch writing! Though the descriptions CAN be lengthy, they don't interrupt the flow of the story but ...             The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time1455 reviews Mark Haddon Vintage, 2004 Fun and engaging + Not your usual read . . . + An unusual and striking first novel + Very Likeable Book             The Great Indian Novel20 reviews Shashi Tharoor Arcade Publishing, 1993 very good and interesting prespective + Good, but hard to maintain the tone throughout... + Brilliant! + A perfect book title...             Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch523 reviews Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett HarperTorch, 2006 I Drove My Roommate Crazy + Good Omens is Just Plain Good Fun + Like reading a Monty Python movie... fantastic literary satire + Good Omens + B+             The Moor's Last Sigh81 reviews Salman Rushdie Vintage, 1997 Wonderful book + Not Midnight's Children, not Satanic Verses,... this is Rushdie's best. + Big Fan of Rushdie + Lovely and Complex             India Unbound: The Social and Economic Revolution from Independence to the Global Information Age24 reviews Gurcharan Das Anchor, 2002 How Capitalism Jump-started India's Economy + Eastern India from Western POV + India Unbound + A very good analysis of India's plight! + Worth the money             White Mughals: Love and Betrayal in Eighteenth-Century India23 reviews William Dalrymple Penguin (Non-Classics), 2004 Once Upon a Time in Hyderabad ... + Thank you, Mr. Dalrymple! + The White Mughals + Great history + A beautiful book             The Satanic Verses: A Novel (Bestselling Backlist)220 reviews Salman Rushdie Picador, 2000 Heady Carpet Ride The Satanic Verses / 0-312-27082-8 Trapped for days and nights on a hijacked airplane, our heroes suddenly find themselves hurtling towards their certain doom when the hijackers finally decide to detonate the airplane mid-flight. As they plummet towards the ocean which will surely break every ...             The Hungry Tide: A Novel35 reviews Amitav Ghosh Mariner Books, 2006 Character is plot, plot is character + Hungry for more Amitav Ghosh! + Lasting impression I think they say that character is plot and plot is character. This book proves that theory. The meticulous detail lavished on developing each character including Piyali Roy, Kanai Dutt, Fokir and countless others is what gives this book it's raison d'etre. The descriptions of the Sundarbans are ...