The Collected Works of A. J. Fikry
By: Gabrielle Zevin Pages: 256
Publisher: Little Brown/ Hachette India Price: `350
A. J. Fikry’s life is not at all what he expected it to be. His wife has died, his bookstore is experiencing the worst sales in its history and now his prized possession, a rare collection of Poe poems, has been stolen. The Collected Works of A. J. Fikry is an unforgettable tale of transformation and second chances, an irresistible affirmation of why we read and why we love.
The Country is Going to the Dogs
By: Anurag Mathur
Pages: 176 Price: Rs. 195 Publisher: Rupa
Sitting by the window, watching the girls of All Saints College walk past, the over-sexed retired accountant, Radhey Radhey has nothing much to look forward to in his boring, retirees life until Miss Fifoo, the sizzling sex siren of sin city, goes missing. With the help of his very resourceful friend Anwar, ageing RR turns into an enthusiastic amateur detective, and plunges headlong into the murky underworld of Delhi.
Money Mania
By: Bob Swarup Pages: 310
Publisher: Bloomsbury India Price: Rs. 499
Money Mania is a fast-paced, colourful history of speculation, financial bubbles and their inevitably painful consequences, from ancient Rome to the Great Meltdown of 2008. Acclaimed commentator Bob Swarup organises his narrative not by chronology, but around the common human foibles that lead us into these periodic alternating bouts of amnesiac euphoria and self destruction.
The Americans: A Novel
By: Chitra Viraraghavan
Pages: 287 Publisher: HarperCollins
Price: Rs. 499
A systems administrator uncovers a governmental plot to deport him. A nine-year-old-boy tries to make sense of a less than special world. A woman discovers life is no romance novel. A teenager flees the nets of family. A housekeeper wakes up from the American dream. A woman linked to them all discovers new worlds.
