My review on Book spy in amber
There are many Indian authors who have made it big on the International stage; Rabindranath Tagore, R.K. Narayan, Salman Rushdie, Vikram Seth, Jhumpa Lahiri, Kiran Desai to name a few. Manohar Malgonkar, whom R.K. Narayan once referred to as his “favourite Indian novelist in English”, is a name which very few of us have heard of, despite his superior writing skills. In an era when Indian writing was mostly limited to socio-cultural themes, Malgonkar wrote chilling spy thrillers . Reading his books makes you wonder why he isn’t read as widely as he deserves. A Bend in the Ganges, Distant Drum and Spy in Amber are some of the best thrillers Indian writing in English has produced. Spy in Amber , first published in 1971, is set during the time when tensions between India and China were at its peak. Hidden away from the world, in the deep belly of the Himalayas lies the Ragyabas monastery which has a treasure worth millions in its possession. Fearing Chinese invasion, the head monk d