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POISON OF LOVE

By Meera,K R. USA Penguin- Random house 2017 , When Tulsi first meets Madhav, she is irrevocably drawn to his chiselled good looks and charm. Although wary of his many dalliances and the string of broken hearts left in his wake, she is surprised by the intense desire that Madhav arouses in her. And before long, she forsakes her family, her prospective career, her fiancé—all for the love of this inscrutable man. But love can be like poison. And nothing can prepare Tulsi for the heartache and betrayal that lie ahead. Years later, Tulsi escapes to the ancient city of Vrindavan, seeking redemption amidst the cries and prayers of its anguished widows. However, when her past catches up with her, old wounds resurface with dramatic consequences. By turns savage and tender, The Poison of Love is a spellbinding tale of love and sacrifice, pain and retribution, confirming K.R. Meera as one of our most fearless and accomplished writers. 9780670089390

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ANTI-CLOCK

By James,V J. USA Vintage 2021 , Hendri, the coffin maker, has one goal in life: to see the dead body of his nemesis Satan Loppo being lowered into the coffin he has painstakingly carved. For it was Loppo who defiled his beloved Beatrice, and let loose his hellhound Hitler upon Hendri, giving him a permanent limp. From inside his coffin shop, Hendri watches the world go by even as he prepares to deliver justice upon Loppo. He is confronted by the son of his best friend becoming enamoured with Loppo’s wealth, Loppo’s evil designs towards the hills of Aadi Nadu, and his own Christian guilt that regularly comes to haunt him. Until he meets Pundit, a 112-year-old watchmaker who was part of Bose’s Indian National Army and is building an ‘Anti-Clock‘, which can turn back time. When Loppo too hears of the Anti-Clock and desires to possess it, the inevitable battle becomes a reality. A philosophical novel that discusses the mysterious problems of life and death. —BENYAMIN "Time is everything, man is nothing; he is, at most, time’s carcass.” V.J. James’s novel Anti-Clock has given an extremely creative twist to these words by Karl Marx. —O.V. VIJAYAN PRIZE 9780670095643

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DATTAPAHARAM : Call of The Forest

By James, V J . USA Vintage 2023 , ‘I could hear wild animals, as hungry as I was, growling down below, having caught my human smell. They attempted to scale the rocks. If there was one among them that could climb the cliff, my helplessness would turn me into its dinner tonight.’ On the eve of Independence Day, Mahesh reads a small news item about a mysterious forest dweller who appeared in the middle of a rainforest out of nowhere and disappeared without a clue. Immediately, he recognizes the man to be Freddie Robert, their friend, guide, leader and the one they had all named Yudhisthira, who had disappeared into the forest several months ago, in search of a rare new bird. Mahesh and his four friends, each named after a Pandava brother, and Panchali, or Meera, decide that the only way they can ascertain whether the man was indeed Freddie is to return to the forest and search for him. Thus begins Dattapaharam, a powerhouse of a novel by the critically acclaimed and bestselling Malayalam author V.J. James. A rumination on solitude, man’s connection with nature and the strings that attach us to this world, this is a surreal novel where the author’s imagination soars like an eagle and words flow like the untouched springs in a rainforest. At times a fable on the modern world, at times a search for identity amid a quest of discovery, and on the whole a moving tale that takes the reader deep into the forests to understand what really makes us human, Dattapaharam is a powerful novel for our anthropocentric age, written by one of the most exciting voices to emerge from the Indian subcontinent. 9780670096565

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SECOND BOOK OF PROPHETS (Malayalam Title: Pravachakanmarute Randampusthakam)

By Benyamin. 2025 Simon & Schuster , A NOVEL BY THE WINNER OF THE JCB PRIZE FOR LITERATURE AND THE AUTHOR OF GOAT DAYS The Jews have been suffering under Roman occupation for centuries, hoping for a messiah from the House of David to come and liberate them. Jesus of Nazareth is reluctant, but when John the Baptist is killed by the Romans, it is up to him to take on this mantle. But the rival Tribe of Benjamin desists this intrusion into Jerusalem by a successor of David and conspires with the Romans to betray Jesus. Despite a common enemy in the Romans, the Jews are divided by their laws and hierarchies, and their priests don't want to hear Jesus' message of love and equality. A bold and secular retelling of the life and times of Jesus Christ, The Second Book of Prophets resculpts many Christian beliefs in an iconoclastic manner. Here is the story of Jesus of Nazareth, a revolutionary seething at the injustices of his time and who saw beyond the narrow divisions that mark human nature. Deeply relevant to our fractured times, acclaimed Malayalam writer Benyamin pushes new ground in this deeply humanist retelling of one of the most remarkable beings in our histories. 9788198356444

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HERBARIUM

By Sonia Rafeek. New Delhi Niyogi Books 2026 , This book is a work of eco-fiction of startling ambition and talent. Growing up in Dubai with his parents, Tipu is a sensitive little boy more at home in the glow of video games than in the natural landscapes his mother, Fatima, adores. But during a weekend trip, Tipus world of whimsy is upended... 9788199249462

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