Retired civil servant and author of nine books that include his famous debut novel English, August, Upamanyu Chatterjee blazes a new trail with his latest, Lorenzo Searches for the Meaning of Life, winner of the JCB Prize for Literature 2024, announced on November 23. As he states in his foreword, “It is a true story, that is to say, like …
Published : Mar 31, 2023 13:26 IST - 10 MINS READ In his debut novel The Alice Project, Satwik Gade takes the all-too-familiar genre of the coming-of-age novel and infuses it with humour, philosophical meditations, and observations on life’s inane absurdities, making the book a refreshing read. So the name Alice—I just like the idea of having a character have …
The boundary between “literary” and “genre” fiction is semipermeable in the literary thriller. Pukhraj’s father, the rich jeweller Nemichand, bribes the presiding judge to let off his son by framing Parmatma. The atmosphere of the book, dark and memorable, is built through several scenes: Pukhraj’s family life, the murder scene, his tenure in prison, where his warped moral sense fits …
