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The Shelf Life: Champaca Bookstore Blog — review

Book Review — Patrik Svensson’s “The Gospel of the Eels”

Nirica review

Book Review — Patrik Svensson’s “The Gospel of the Eels”

This month, Nirica Srinivasan reviews Patrik Svensson’s The Gospel of the Eels, a unique natural science memoir. Buy it on our online bookstore. 

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Book Review — Carolina De Robertis' "Cantoras"

Nirica review

Book Review — Carolina De Robertis' "Cantoras"

This month, Nirica Srinivasan reviews Carolina De Robertis' Cantoras, a novel about resistance, love, and the power of the seaRead on for her thoughts about the book, and buy it on our online bookstore.  

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Book Review — Ta-Nehisi Coates’s “The Water Dancer”

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Book Review — Ta-Nehisi Coates’s “The Water Dancer”

This month, Kavya Murthy reviews Ta-Nehisi Coates’ The Water Dancer. Read on for her thoughts about the book, and buy it on our online bookstore

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Book Review — Mohammed Hanif’s “A Case of Exploding Mangoes”

Radhika review

Book Review — Mohammed Hanif’s “A Case of Exploding Mangoes”

This summer Radhika Timbadia re-read Mohammed Hanif’s A Case of Exploding Mangoes, and she thinks we should all pick it up. Read her review and buy the book on our online bookstore.

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Book Review — Wanjiru Koinange’s “The Havoc of Choice”

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Book Review — Wanjiru Koinange’s “The Havoc of Choice”

For this month’s book review, Radhika Timbadia writes about Wanjiru Koinange’s debut novel The Havoc of Choice. Buy her book on our online store.

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