16 May 2009

Interview about With The Tiger in The Hindu

http://www.hinduonnet.com/mp/2009/05/16/stories/2009051650800700.htm

15 May 2009

literary social events in Antwerp

Monday 11 May I attended a dinner for 24 people from Belgium’s literary scene at Villa Hellebosch, in the countryside

http://www.beschrijf.be/index.php?q=beschrijf/residents_writings/

Wednesday 13 May I was invited to lunch with scholars from the Peter Gilles Centre at the University of Antwerp where they research world views, pluralism and tolerance.

With the Tiger

Published by ARCADIA, an imprint of Australian Scholarly Publishing Pty Ltd., in association with Press On.

ISBN: 978 1 921509 57 5

Available from all good bookshops or direct from the publisher at 7 Little Lothian Street North, North Melbourne, Vic 3051

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Watch the 2010 Newsblog for reviews and coverage of this edition.

Published by HarperCollins India 2008

ISBN: 978-81-7223-717-2

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How to buy With The Tiger

With The Tiger should be available in all good book shops in India.

HarperCollins India has an ordering service within India. Here is the link:

http://harpercollins.co.in

To order With The Tiger outside India, you could try Indiaplaza.com or firstandsecond.com. Here are the links:

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With The Tiger is a contemporary re-writing of Somerset Maugham’s novel The Razor’s Edge. It is a social history of the 1980’s and 90’s, and a story of one Westerner’s search for meaning in India. Set against the backdrop of the Great Depression, The Razor’s Edge by W Somerset Maugham, a novel published in 1942, is said to have begun the craze for ‘Spiritual India.’

REVIEWS AND INTERVIEWS

“I wanted to follow Maugham closely but set it in a new time and place”

interview in Indian Express/Sunday Pioneer with Swati Pal 8 March 2009

“Maugham’s the word”

interview in The Asian Age with Nawaid Anjum

25 March 2009

“Fast forwarding Mr Maugham”

interview in Bangalore Mirror with Nishanth S Coontoor

7 April 2009

“Spiritual India and other stories”

interview in Sakaal Times with Biswadip Mitra

Monday, April 20th, 2009

REVIEWS

“Through foreign eyes” review in Deccan Herald 10 August 2008

“Walking along the Razor’s Edge … Again“ review in DNA 7 September 2008

“If It Ain’t Broke?“ review in The Statesman 4 January 2009

“Chasing Dreams“ The Tribune 17 August 2008

“Off the shelf” Sahara Times 2 August 2008