Your House Will Pay July 19, 2021I know I’ve mentioned about 1,001 times that I grew up in LA. It comes off as some...
Forest Dark May 22, 2020I won't lie, it took me some time to get through this one. I'm normally a big fan of Nicole Krauss' work, but this one left me scratching my head. I had, to date, read
The Namesake May 7, 2014As is typical of Indian novels, this is a tale of family and all the fucked up things...
Animal’s People August 8, 2011Ah, the Indian novel. I mean the novel about India. It seems I’ve read more than a few,...
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao June 24, 2011So chalk this up as another book that absolutely everyone loved that I thought was an overrated steaming...
The Fixer December 10, 2008You’d think I had some sort of Russia fetish what with all of the books I keep seeming...
The Inheritance of Loss June 1, 2007These Indian books kill me. If it isn’t the constant talk about pooping, it’s the amazingly confusing national...
Call It Sleep November 1, 2006I’ve had a pretty bad track record of late in terms of enjoying “classic” pieces of literature. I...
The God of Small Things March 1, 2005I’m not sure what it is about me and books set in India or about Indians. It’s not...
A Fine Balance July 1, 2003How can so much tragedy visit one group of people? It seems almost impossible, and at times it...
