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Tag: coming of age

Book review: One Small Voice by Santanu Bhattacharya

One Small Voice skilfully interweaves the coming-of-age story of Shubhankar Trivedi (Shabby) with a backdrop of communal violence which touches … More

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Book review: The Untameable by Guillermo Arriaga, translated by Frank Wynne and Jessie Mendez Sayer

A tale of revenge and redemption from the screenwriter of Amores Perros It is 1960s Mexico City. The parents of … More

coming of age, literary thriller, mexican, revenge thriller, translation

Book review: Run and Hide by Pankaj Mishra

In Run and Hide, Arun Dwivedi tells the story of his life and how it intertwines with three other men … More

coming of age, indian

Book review: A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

I’m reposting this review of A Little Life, written before I had a blog, ahead of publication of Hanya Yanagihara’s … More

coming of age, hanya yanagihara, lgbtq+

Book review: She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan

I was interested in this novel because I recently read Conn Iggulden’s Conqueror series, which tells the story of Genghis … More

alternate history, china, coming of age, lgbtq+

Book review: China Room by Sunjeev Sahota

China Room begins in a Punjabi village in the 1920s. Mehar is one of three young women who have just … More

coming of age, indian

Fifteen great novels about mothers

Of course, mothers are everywhere, in life and in fiction. There aren’t many novels that don’t have a mother in … More

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Book review: Who Is Vera Kelly by Rosalie Knecht (Vera Kelly #1)

Vera Kelly is posing as a Canadian student in Buenos Aires in 1966, but she is actually working for the … More

argentina, coming of age, lgbtq+, literary thriller, series, spy thriller

Book review: Selection Day by Aravind Adiga

Selection Day is the story of Radha and Manju, two boys who are being moulded for cricket stardom by their father. … More

coming of age, indian

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