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Bangalore reading - The Long Walk Home

Jacaranda in association with Olive Beach is pleased to invite you to meet Manreet Sodhi Someshwar, the critically acclaimed and award winning author of THE LONG WALK HOME, published by HarperCollins India.

Manreet has been hailed as the new literary star on the horizon by Khushwant Singh. Manreet lives in Hong Kong with her husband and daughter and is currently on a book tour for The Long Walk Home.

The event is scheduled for July 20, 2009 between 7 and 9 pm at the Olive Beach, 16 Wood Street, Ashok Nagar, Bangalore 560025, contact: 080 41128400 or +91 9945565483. Manreet’s book will be available for signing at this event.

Please RSVP: Priya (Jacaranda) 95351 58048
or Vinay (HarperCollins India) 98803 57700

About the book
Set against the backdrop of twentieth-century India, The Long Walk Home illuminates history — partition, two Indo-Pak wars, the rise of religious fundamentalism — through the life of one man.
A story of faith and fundamentalism, misguided passions and accidental heroism, it is woven through a narrative of love, murder, vendetta, and greed. In the gathering extremism — the city is put under curfew; Hit Lists are drawn; his wife subscribes to a rabid preacher; his Hindu friend flees — the protagonist makes a terrible error. As he nears the end of his life, he wonders: will there be a chance for redemption?

The Long Walk Home hits bestseller list again!

http://www.thehindu.com/mp/2009/07/11/stories/2009071150420200.htm


Online edition of India's National Newspaper
Saturday, Jul 11, 2009

Bestsellers

Fiction

1. Paths of Glory by Jeffrey Archer – Macmillan Rs. 277

2. Extreme Measures by Vince Flynn- Pocket Books Rs. 290

3. The Long Walk Home by Manreet Sodhi Someshwar – Harpercollins Rs. 295

4. Foreign Body by Robin Cook – Pan Rs. 277

5. The Associate by John Grisham – Arrow Rs. 233

Non-fiction

1. A Better India A Better World by N. R. Narayana Murthy – Penguin Allen Lane Rs. 499

2. Imagining India – Ideas for the New Century by Nandan Nilekani – Penguin Allen Lane Rs. 699

3. The Royal Palaces Of The Nizams by Dr. M.A. Nayeem Rs. 2000

4. A.R. Rahman – The Musical Storm by Kamini Mathai – Penguin Viking Rs. 499

5. Ecological Intelligence – Knowing the Hidden Impacts of What We Buy by Daniel Goleman – Allen Lane Rs. 399

Urvashi Butalia on The Long Walk Home: In search of the lost milestone

Urvashi Butalia is the author of the award-winning oral history of Partition, The Other Side of Silence:Voices from the Partition of India. It is a book I read as part of my research into understanding the 20th century history of Punjab. It is particularly gratifying therefore to have her review the book, and like it :-)

Khushwant Singh on The Long Walk Home: Literary star on the horizon

This, coming from the man of letters himself, is both overwhelming and exhilarating. I can truly claim I know now what it means to float mid-air :-)