Shortlisted for the 2021 Booker Prize, A Passage North is concerned with the experience of war removed from violence on the ground and consumed second-hand through news and videos on the internet.
Before making the case for higher pay or declaring these workers exploited, it is worth asking what the appropriate earnings should be for a job where the skills required are the ability to ride a bike or scooter, and the very basic education needed to operate a mobile App.
In The Silent Coup, Joseph furnishes evidence for what we know is true about how power is wielded in India, the unscrupulousness of security institutions, and the brazenness of officials and politicians, who haven’t always even bothered to cover their tracks, confident their futures gleam brightly before them.
In a world dominated by social media book reviews and ratings, critics still have a place and continue to offer readers a discerning response to the books of their day.