Javed Amir

FICTION: PAMUK’S JOURNAL OF THE PLAGUE

Orhan Pamuk’s pseudo-historical detective story set on a fictional island in Ottoman times reminds us that the postmodern author’s Published 11 Dec, 2022 11:13am

FICTION: THE FRAGILITY OF WHITENESS

Mohsin Hamid’s new novel is a fantasy and a love story, but also about grief, loss and transformation and a tragic tale of the... Published 28 Aug, 2022 04:25am

FICTION: PARADISE LOST

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Ayad Akhtar’s latest novel is an elegy for America. But it is also an elegy for Muslim... Published 17 Jan, 2021 06:55am

NON-FICTION: FEAR AND LOATHING IN THE WHITE HOUSE

Bob Woodward’s latest bestseller, already in its 10th reprint since its release on September 11, has broken a number of Published 30 Sep, 2018 06:28am

NON-FICTION: HOW AMERICA LOST ITS MIND

US President Donald Trump is both a product of and canny exploiter of the fantasy-industrial complex Published 07 Jan, 2018 07:01am

FICTION: THE SUPERMARKET OF SORROW

Arundhati Roy’s new novel, longlisted for the 2017 Man Booker Prize, is a story of persecution, albeit one in which Published 17 Sep, 2017 07:01am

ESSAY: THE MOST SCANDALOUS NOVEL EVER WRITTEN

Revisiting Ulysses — that drew the wrath of Western censors nearly a century ago Updated 21 Apr, 2017 08:07pm

The myth of the classless society

Looking beyond appearances to uncover the social hierarchy entrenched in the United States Published 22 Jan, 2017 07:31am