*Blind Man’s Buff— Scintillating Short Stories; Chetan Joshi (Stellar, 2007, pp 383, Rs 295) This book is an amalgamation of genres— from a modern love story to a medieval fantasy, from a conventional horror tale to a n aughty, moral fable...
*Not Quite Cricket— The Explosive story of how bookmakers influence the Game Today; Pradeep Magazine (First published in 1999, Penguin, 2007, pp 157, Rs 200) This new and revised edition of Not Quite Cricket brings the shocking story of betting scams and match-fixing in international cricket up to the present.
*The Curtain; Milan Kundera (HarperCollins, 2007, pp 168, Rs 395) In this entertaining and stimulating essay, the author sketches out his personal view of the history and value of the novel in Western civilisation.
*Phosphorus and Stone; Susan Visvanathan (Zubaan, 2007, pp 139, Rs 195) This book is in the lucid yet subversive style that characterises the author’s writings.
