fiction
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In one of Mark Tully’s new short stories, a politician’s bumbling son fails to connect with voters
Mark Tully
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Meet Ganesh, the crime-solving advocate immortalised by Tamil author Sujatha
Sujatha
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The Scroll.in ‘Empire’ review: The reviewer’s response to the author’s criticism
Ruchika Sharma
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A French novel, written by a Mauritian writer, brings home our experience in India like few books do
Durba Chattaraj
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‘Elmet’ is the outsider, written by an unknown writer, in the race for the Man Booker Prize
Anu Kumar
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Who is a traitor? An Urdu novel set in 1947 offers some answers that are relevant for 2017
Rakhshanda Jalil
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‘Quit India!’ This story by Ismat Chughtai considers the fate of one man who was left behind
Ismat Chughtai
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Even if Paul Auster’s ‘4 3 2 1’ wins the Man Booker, it is hard to say whether it is worth reading
Ranjit Mankeshwar
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One reason Ali Smith’s ‘Autumn’ may have been shortlisted for the Man Booker? Sheer inventiveness
Anu Kumar
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How far from (or near) are we to the India depicted in Nayantara Sehgal’s new novel?
Nayantara Sahgal
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Here is a candidate for the global Sri Lankan novel, and it is only the author’s debut
Sharanya Manivannan
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In ‘A Legacy of Spies’, Smiley (and John le Carré) offer the world view of the disillusioned spy
Vivek Kaul
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This moving Booker long-listed novel tells a stark story of the mysterious effects of human bondage
Anu Kumar
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Can a formula romance in the Raj era have anything to do with colonialism or Bollywood (or both)?
Sayali Palekar
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This novel shows that old-fashioned storytelling and relationships are still crucial to fiction
Helen Calcutt
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Salman Rushdie’s new novel abandons magical realism to become a political suspense thriller
Oindrila Mukherjee
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The boy who wanted to be a fast bowler when everyone dreamt of being a batsman
Rahul Oak
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YA readers who like good books must avoid bestselling poet Lang Leav’s tearful fiction debut
Sayali Palekar
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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has written a new short story
Scroll Staff
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This epic saga of a Kerala port is as much history as it is a work of expansive imagination
Jael Silliman