<p class="ListingGrey"><span class="bold">Best of Friends</span></p>.<p>Kamila Shamsie</p>.<p>Bloomsbury<br />pp 336, Rs 599</p>.<p>This is a novel about Britain today, about power and how we use it, and about what we owe to those who’ve loved us the longest. It is also a novel about friendship, identity and the unknowability of other people.</p>.<p class="ListingGrey"><span class="bold">Constitutional Concerns</span></p>.<p>Kaleeswaram Raj</p>.<p>Tulika, pp 160, Rs 595</p>.<p>This book is an attempt to explore the process of ‘de-constitutionalisation’ by looking at certain contemporary topics. The chapters make out a case for cautious political optimism in the face of challenges.</p>.<p class="ListingGrey"><span class="bold">Let’s Not Grow Up</span></p>.<p>Multiple Authors</p>.<p>Write Order Publn, pp 354, Rs 399</p>.<p>This is a collection of independent stories based on a fictitious school in Mysuru. The authors, all children aged between 9 and 11, have created a record for the maximum number of authors collaborating to write a fiction work.</p>.<p class="ListingGrey"><span class="bold">Sojourn</span></p>.<p>Amit Chaudhuri</p>.<p>Penguin, pp 176, Rs 499</p>.<p>An unnamed man arrives in Berlin as a visiting professor. He befriends Faqrul, an enigmatic exiled poet, and Birgit, a woman with whom he shares the vagaries of attraction. Berlin is a riddle; he becomes lost not only in the city but in its legacy.</p>.<p class="ListingGrey"><span class="bold">Lady Joker</span></p>.<p>Kaoru Takamura</p>.<p>Baskerville, pp 592, Rs 599</p>.<p>Tokyo, 1995. Five men meet at the racetrack every Sunday to bet on horses. Intent on revenge against a society that values corporate behemoths more than human life, the five conspirators decide to carry out a heist.</p>
<p class="ListingGrey"><span class="bold">Best of Friends</span></p>.<p>Kamila Shamsie</p>.<p>Bloomsbury<br />pp 336, Rs 599</p>.<p>This is a novel about Britain today, about power and how we use it, and about what we owe to those who’ve loved us the longest. It is also a novel about friendship, identity and the unknowability of other people.</p>.<p class="ListingGrey"><span class="bold">Constitutional Concerns</span></p>.<p>Kaleeswaram Raj</p>.<p>Tulika, pp 160, Rs 595</p>.<p>This book is an attempt to explore the process of ‘de-constitutionalisation’ by looking at certain contemporary topics. The chapters make out a case for cautious political optimism in the face of challenges.</p>.<p class="ListingGrey"><span class="bold">Let’s Not Grow Up</span></p>.<p>Multiple Authors</p>.<p>Write Order Publn, pp 354, Rs 399</p>.<p>This is a collection of independent stories based on a fictitious school in Mysuru. The authors, all children aged between 9 and 11, have created a record for the maximum number of authors collaborating to write a fiction work.</p>.<p class="ListingGrey"><span class="bold">Sojourn</span></p>.<p>Amit Chaudhuri</p>.<p>Penguin, pp 176, Rs 499</p>.<p>An unnamed man arrives in Berlin as a visiting professor. He befriends Faqrul, an enigmatic exiled poet, and Birgit, a woman with whom he shares the vagaries of attraction. Berlin is a riddle; he becomes lost not only in the city but in its legacy.</p>.<p class="ListingGrey"><span class="bold">Lady Joker</span></p>.<p>Kaoru Takamura</p>.<p>Baskerville, pp 592, Rs 599</p>.<p>Tokyo, 1995. Five men meet at the racetrack every Sunday to bet on horses. Intent on revenge against a society that values corporate behemoths more than human life, the five conspirators decide to carry out a heist.</p>
