Reviews of Shashi Tharoor's Work

What critics say about Tharoor:

  • "A rising star in the international fiction universe." - Booklist
  • "One of the finest writers of satirical novels currently operating in English." - The Independent
  • "Shashi Tharoor is one of those rare writers who felicitously combines gentle satire with an urgent concern for society's ills." - Kirkus Review

Reviews: (Click on covers for Reviews)

 

The Elephant, the Tiger,
& the Cell Phone

India: The Emerging
21st-Century Power
by
Shashi Tharoor

Publication worldwide
September 2007
by
Arcade Publishing


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February 2005


Nehru:
The Invention of India


Arcade (304 pp.) $24.95
November 2003
ISBN: 1-55970-697-X

(click on cover for reviews)

Nehru: The Invention of India (Cover)

Riot (Click for details)
Published in India by Viking-Penguin, and
in the US, by Arcade, September 2001

(Read Chapter 1)


 
India: From Midnight to the Millennium
  IndiaStar
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  A Nation Comes of Age - Washington Post
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Show Business
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The Great Indian Novel
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