[This is the second Part in a series we are doing of one-line reviews of Books - where the reviewer has clearly not actually read the Book itself. This is, let it be noted, an exercise in humour, and no author sentiments, cats, or country musicians are intended to be harmed.
The first Part of this series, along with a detailed introductory note, can be found here.]
All entries are by me except where indicated.
11. The
Return of the Native is Thomas
Hardy’s definitive guide for filing of Income-tax returns by native
Americans
12. The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri is a novel
set in the Kurla and Sion railway station premises during the Mumbai monsoons.
[Ravi Kumar]
13. Midnight’s Children is a rollicking account of a
bunch of rich kids and that one time they were out partying till late in the
night, written based on personal experience by Salman Rushdie. [Ravi Kumar]
14. Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell is an
architecture textbook warning about the importance of building sound structures
in windy areas like Chicago.
15. The Godfather by Mario Puzo is a religious treatise about the father of God, who is
God.
16. The Inheritance of Loss by Jhumpa Lahiri is an excellent
handbook on accounting for family trusts and ‘Association of Persons’ in a
tax-efficient manner [Ravi Kumar]
17. Through
his critically-acclaimed treatise The
Silence of the Lambs, renowned author Thomas
Harris has attempted to capture in detail the recent (and as yet
unexplained) phenomenon of sheep born mute and the subsequent efforts by the
Modi Government to make them bleat once again, louder if possible [Ravi Kumar]
18. How Green was my Valley by Richard Llewellyn is the definitive self-help book for Kashmiri
Pandits in exile.
19. The
most remarkable aspect of Heart of
Darkness by Joseph Conrad is
that not only does he guide surgeons on how to conduct a heart bypass during
load-shedding, but he manages to do this within 110 pages. [Ravi Kumar]
20. Aside from his contribution
to the teapoy and coffee table manufacturing industry, Stephen King has also been monumental in making the study of
India's technological growth post independence much simpler and much more
intriguing, by giving us his book, so aptly titled, IT. [Ravi Kumar]
For entries 21-30 in this series, click here
The one reviewer you've quoted widely can publish a nice book of his reviews.
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