CHANAKYA RETURNS: A NOVEL

by Timeri N. Murari

Timeri is currently writing about the continued machinations of Chanakya and the dysfunctional, ruling family. His previous novels include The Taliban Cricket Club, which was published in eight countries and Taj, which was translated into 25 languages. Time magazine chose his film, The Square Circle, as one of its top ten films of 1997.

264 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 1, 2014

About the author

Timeri Murari is an award winning writer, filmmaker, and playwright, who began his career as journalist on the Kingston Whig Standard in Ontario, Canada. He writes for the Guardian, Sunday Times, and other magazines and newspapers internationally. He has published both fiction and non-fiction, and his bestselling novel, Taj, was translated into 19 lanugages and has recently been reissued by Penguin India. In 2006, he published a memoir, My Temporary Son, exploring the difficulties of adopting a desperately ill orphan. Timeri now lives with his wife in his ancestral home of Chennai, India.

Reviews

[Radhika Meganathan · Rating 5 out of 5]

I wrote a 2000 word essay on this. That's how much I like it! Timeri is one of my fav authors, an utterly underrated gem in the Indian lit scene.