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Red Flags And Rishtas
Radhika Agrawal
Bloomsbury, pp 248, Rs 499
A delightfully told story of romance, friendship and unending banter, with one question looming large: who is destined for a happily ever after—the serial dater or the serial suitor?
The Wife And The Dancing Girl
Anuja Chandramouli
Rupa, pp 272, Rs 395
Inspired by the Silapathikaram, Ilango Adigal’s timeless Tamil classic, the author’s bold new take delivers a double dose of romance that is unforgettably tender and unrelentingly tragic.
Aftermath
Preti Taneja
S&S, pp NA Rs 799
In this searching lament, the author interrogates the language of terror, trauma and grief; the fiction we believe and the voices we exclude.
Blood Of Hercules
Jasmine Mas
HarperCollins, pp 496, Rs 899
Step into the Coliseum at the Spartan War Academy where monsters are made, immortality is won, and even a god can die…
A Dark Tale From Cottonwood Grove
Mahfud Ikhwan and Annie Tucker (translator)
Speaking Tiger, pp 200, Rs 499
In this brilliant tour de force that combines Javanese oral tradition and urban legend with the literary frame of the unreliable narrator, the author has established himself as one of the most exciting new literary voices to emerge from Asia.