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A classic, ripping introduction to the 'great game' race between colonial nations out to map and lay claim to areas of central Asia. A beautifully written adventure story featuring the memorable main character Kim, boy spy for the British Empire.
Readers have puzzled for decades over the central mystery of this superbly penned novel set in the dastardly day of the British Indian Empire.
Winner of the 'Booker of Bookers' (ie deemed the best Booker prize-winner of the last 25 years), this is the creme de la creme of post-colonial Indian novels.
A suitcase-sized read, but it's worth the wrist pain. Jam-packed with sensory clamour, detailed folklore and the weave of man and the gods across the spectrum of ages in India.
A lyrical family saga set in Kerala's Backwaters. Winner of the 1997 Booker Prize.
An exploration of Delhi that won't be soon forgotten.
A worthy travelogue.
This is Naipaul's more mature reading of his country, moving on from acerbic earlier works India - A Wounded Civilisation and An Area of Darkness.
A dry but comprehensive historical treatment.
Desai's novel - winner of the Man Booker Prize in 2006 - explores love, terrorism, dispossession and yes, loss.
The Upanishads and the Bhagavad Gita, Hindu holy texts, are available in English translations.
A blissfully brief and to-the-point introduction to India's major religion.
Anyone tempted to don a dhoti and go looking for spiritual salvation will save themselves a lot of heartache by reading this witty book.
