Welcome to this edition of The Hindu on Books Newsletter. David Loyn edited the manuscript and wrote the introduction to Aryans, in which he notes Allen’s “sorrow at the way professional historical research has been hijacked in modern India by some in the politico-religious Hindutva movement.” The story of the Aryans, the people of the steppe who began to drift, …
Clearly, J.K. Rowling — or Robert Galbraith as she prefers to call herself in the Strike novels — has taken no note of the criticism in some quarters that her previous book, The Ink Black Heart, could have benefited from a careful, sparing use of the editorial scissor. At around 950 pages, The Running Grave, the latest and seventh novel …
Warning: this may upset some people I first read a review of Robert Galbraith’s latest offering, The Ink Black Heart on the NPR website. And in fact, one of Rowling’s chief villains in Ink Black Heart is both discourse on social media and how easy it is to change that discourse. However, Rowling’s dive into cyberspace’s hatred, anger and reactions …
Strike: Lethal White Rating: Life isn't fair. As JK Rowling's crime series returned, his name was the headline – Strike: Lethal White. Pictured: Holliday Grainger and Tom Burke as Cormoran Strike in Strike: The Silkworm The 32-year-old swapped her on-screen wedding dress for dungarees as she stolled hand-in-hand with actor boyfriend Harry Treadaway, 35, in north London A twitching junkie …
