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Ranjit Mankeshwar

Haruki Murakami’s new novel lies between alternate worlds, with no clear answers, as usual

‘Killing Commendatore’: The Japanese master of the modern novel is back with a big story on his usual themes, and that’s the best thing to be said about it.

Ranjit Mankeshwar
· Oct 06, 2018 · 07:00 am
Our adventurous reader is back with his version of the 2018 Man Booker shortlist before the real one

We’ll know on September 20 how many he got right.

Ranjit Mankeshwar
· Sep 08, 2018 · 07:00 am
Even if Paul Auster’s ‘4 3 2 1’ wins the Man Booker, it is hard to say whether it is worth reading

A doorstopper of a novel, it tells four different versions of the protagonist’s life story.

Ranjit Mankeshwar
· Sep 24, 2017 · 08:30 am

A reader from India has picked his Man Booker shortlist before the jury does

No, Arundhati Roy’s novel is not in there.

Ranjit Mankeshwar
· Sep 09, 2017 · 08:30 am