"It took me a long time and most of the world to learn what I know about love and fate and the choices we make, but the heart of it came to me in an instant, while I was chained to a wall and being tortured." And so begins Gregory David Roberts’ epic.
How far would you go to resolve your financial woes? To "make a killing"? Aravind Adiga brilliantly tackles this question in his latest novel, in which the residents of Vishram Society, a cooperative apartment building in Mumbai, are faced with a sudden opportunity.
The New Year is new again. Thank you, lunar calendar; the Year of the Dragon promises to bring energy, prosperity, and change. It’s time to add some perspective to your life. Challenge your own opinions, beliefs, and experiences based on something real. Fortunately, this is as easy as adding Behind the Beautiful Forevers to our reading lists.
Some Heat Before Summer: Long Simmering Spring by Elisabeth Barrett
Mark Bittman's VB6: The Lifestyle Book Everyone's Talking About
Free Will: A Concise Study in Fact vs Illustion
A Read for Realists: Jonathan Evison's The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving
World War Z: Now Coming to an eReader Near You
Alice Munro
Barbara Kingsolver
George Saunders
Haruki Murakami
Abigail Pollak
Allyson Pearl
Andrew Agudo
Jen Marshall
Joe Muscolino
Rita D. Jacobs
