Mill on the floss

It seems fascinating to see how morality of a long subdued heart wins over an overarching allurement which is quite in place for the age, and a subtle ideological struggle of two characters underlies every chapter wherever the story leads, the past works to the detriment as well as has a cumulative influence on a person’s character and not to forget, how a rigid society in the pre-industrial age forms a background which has its own characteristic, somewhat pungent aroma. George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans) covers everything, still placing the protagonist on a pedestal the height of which no one can reach!

A Suitable Boy

The curtains open, the quaint 1950s stage is set, the bibliophile is seated smugly in front of her window with a Hellenistic mug for the sake of cosiness, and the papiha swaying on a leafless branch is waiting for a tale to be hummed by Vikram Seth’s beautifully crafted characters. A pot pourrie of sorts, diffusing its sandalwood-like fragrance into the bibliophile’s grey cells.

The Diary of a Young Girl

Do you still remember the birthday bash you had you had on your 13th birthday...the excitement of going to high school...the prank you played on friends during the class...the evening bicycle rides with your friend...the family picnics...the WWII...oops! Fortunately WWII wasn’t a part of your life but it was as integral part of Anne Frank’s memories as the family picnics she had before the commencement of the gory set of events that have marred the human history.

False Impression

An engrossing tale of a missing masterpiece, False Impression is Jeffrey Archer's 12th novel. In False Impression, his love and knowledge of the art world resonates on every page.

Romanian-born Anna Petrescu is the spunky, brainy, and beautiful heroine of False Impression. Anna is not only a former track star, but she also has a Ph. D. in art history from the University of Pennsylvania.  She started her career at Sotheby’s and later took a job working for a banking concern, Fenston Finance, whose chairman, Bryce Fenston is a major art collector.  Bryce, on more than one occasion, has confiscated the paintings of clients who could not pay their outstanding loans to his bank.  When an unknown assailant murders three of Bryce’s clients, FBI agent Jack Delaney starts investigating the wealthy Fenston and his assistant, ex-con Karl Leapman.  Meanwhile, Anna, who narrowly escapes from the North Tower of the World Trade Center on 9/11, soon realizes that her own life is in danger.  Fenston, she now knows, is an unscrupulous and dangerous monster who would kill anyone in order to get his hands on the valuable painting, “Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear,” by Vincent Van Gogh.