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Sunday, August 12, 2007

12 "best" Novels according to Khushwant Singh on India's 60th Independence Day

  1. House for Mr. Biswas - V. S. Naipaul
  2. A Suitable Boy - Vikram Seth
  3. Midnight's Children - Salman Rushdie
  4. God of Small Things - Arundhati Roy
  5. The Shadow Lines - Amitav Ghosh
  6. Interpreter of Maladies - Jhumpa Lahiri
  7. Cuckold - Kiran Nagarkar
  8. The Hero's Walk - Anita Rau Badami
  9. The Trotter-Nama: A Chronicle - I. Allan Seely
  10. Chinnery's Hotel - Jaysinh Birjepatil
  11. Filming: A Love Story - Tabish Khair
  12. The Assassin's Song - M. G. Vassanji

Note: Amitav Ghosh is the guy-to-check-out first.

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