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INTERVIEW 
Anecdotes of loss and desireAlain de Botton, Heathrow airport’s first writer-in-residence, on what it was like to sit in Terminal 5 and watch life unfold in one of the nerve centres of the modern world, the airport…
POETICS Remembering Faiz For the 25th anniversary of the death of Faiz Ahmed Faiz, invoking his persona and poetry. TRIBUTE Enduring monuments The last week of October always revives the memory of two immortal poets: Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath.
BOOKWATCH 
Bottoms upHappy Hours: The Penguin Book of Cocktails, Bhaichand Patel, Penguin, Rs. 499.Barrister Bhaichand Patel draws on his hours behind the bar as a bartender to put together this heady array of cocktails that opens up a ... SECOND THOUGHTS Of the inconstant heart The Good Soldier is a novel about brittle social graces that mask savage hatreds. ENDPAPER The nun’s tale Dalrymple’s austere and exciting book on nine astonishing religious lives opens with a moving story that should kindle interest in Jainism.
CONTEMPORARY CLASSICS 
New books in Old seriesA look at two novels — The Girl who Kicked the Hornets’ Nest by Swedish author Stieg Larsson and And Another Thing by Eoin Colfer — that bring the spotlight back onto two very different modern publishing sensations… FICTION An author in search of himself Summertime is a meditation on the possibilities and limitations of literature… JOURNEYS Around the world, to eat A palatable and well-informed romp through global cuisine. WHODUNNIT A storm of a secret in a teacup Inane characters, a tedious plot and pretensions to upward mobility make for a forgettable read. AUTOBIOGRAPHY The road to recovery A moving account of a mourning so courageous and a healing so complete, as few people manage. |
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