Category: Book Review
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Book Review – Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
Eleanor Oliphant is an office worker with zero social life. She dreads the weekends, waiting for Monday to arrive. Her colleagues laugh at her; she can not carry out even a single conversation without awkward remarks and has not cut her hair for years. At the beginning of the book, she meets the IT person…
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Two of my books in Prime Reading
Two of my books, “Brothers Sen Gogh”, and “Whiskey and Suicide” are selected to be a part of “Amazon Prime Reading”. According to their website, Prime Reading is “1,000 carefully curated books, magazines, comics and Kindle Singles”. I am happy for this recognition, and also happy that more readers will find these books. If you…
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Book Review – The Talented Mr. Ripley – Patricia Highsmith
If you meet Tom Ripley in the street, you will think he is a decent, shy, innocuous young guy. The first few pages make you feel that he is just another young guy who wants to play pranks by making people send cheques for fake income tax claims – cheques that are not even encashed.…
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Book Review – The Heart of The Matter – Graham Greene
“The Heart of the Matter” by Graham Greene is the story of Henry Scobie, a major in the colony of Africa. Racism is rampant; slavery is common and religious drive is taken seriously. Scobie is a pious man, not outwardly – he refuses to attend mass with his wife – but from inside. He takes…
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Book Review – Your Money or Your Life
“Your Money or Your Life” has such a simple message, that you may end up thinking, “Why didn’t I think of this before?”, yet, behind that simplicity is a profound truth about the role of money in our life. Most of us take the value of money for granted, with that also the message, the…