Neel Mukherjee - A Life Apart

Book Bag“The twin endings are abrupt but both work really well...” All in all, the book is an assured debut from a new writer I'm really interested in reading more of...

Guardian“The growing tension is expertly handled...” It is rare to find a debut which displays that promise amid flaws in the first half, and then soars into finely nuanced achievement in the second...

The Telegraph“As so often, literary fiction proves its own worst enemy...” An elegant and accomplished debut, a novel of many shades. It blends the poignancy of a coming-of-age story with the rawer excitements of an urban thriller laced with sex and violence. It is only a shame that Mukherjee has gilded the lily...

The Times“A flawless first novel would be an inhuman creation...” This is subtle, precise writing that penetrates character and motive with astringent humour. Ritwik’s imaginings of John Donne as “the 17th-century religious poet [who] loiters with intent in his prayer closet, cruising god” are pure joy...

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