As a book, A Visit From the Goon Squad is distinctive because it really has no single protagonist. Each of the 13 chapters—one of which is told through a PowerPoint presentation—revolves around the life of a different character, in places from Italy to New York City to Africa, and in times from the past to the present to the future. Mostly, the characters are related to the lives of Bennie, an aging rock music record executive, and Sasha, his assistant, in one way or another. This is a polyphonic book, with multiple voices doing the storytelling.

One of the most striking aspects (striking because it was uncommon in his time) of Blake’s work was his accommodation of the reader for a completion of the artistic process.

As soon as announcement of this TV show was made, many people started posting updates and sharing posts about this show on Facebook. No sooner, the show got popularized all over the country and people eagerly waited for the first episode. For better understanding, this show was dubbed into regional languages too.

The Immortals of Meluha, the first of the Shiva Trilogy by Amish Tripathi introduces to us the transition of an ordinary man Shiva, into a God of the gods, The Mahadev.

It is author’s first publication but you wouldn’t feel so. Why? Because she has been writing for the past 12 years now. And when she says, “Writing is something that comes naturally to me,” you would easily believe her if you have already read the book.

Cormac McCarthy, an American author puts before us a picture full of destruction in his book titled ‘The Road’ (2006). It won Pulitzer in 2007. It is a hypothetical portrait of a country torn apart by war, natural disasters and pollution of every kind. Amidst all this, two brave souls make their way towards something they can only hope to reach.

R.K. Narayan needs no introduction. A Padma Vibhushan and member of the Rajya Sabha, he also happens to be one of the best writers India has ever produced. His first novel was ‘Swami and Friends’. This was followed by two other books: ‘The Bachelor of Arts’ and ‘The English Teacher’. All the three books are said to be partially based on his life.

The author has described the instances of his personal life in the story. Being a love story, the genre seems very interesting and appealing to many youngsters who have experienced the essence of love and relationships in their lives and those who have sacrificed something for other’s happiness. He has made a great effort to describe the essence of love in the path of life and what pain he went through, when he ‘lost’ the love of his life.

With TEA – 20, Vinod carves a niche for himself and possibly for many of the NextGen middleclass Indian-English writers. Stories are short, without any pretense of intellectual elitism and are, most importantly, Indian in genre.

For the autobiography aficionados especially the wannabes who look forward to making it big in the journalistic terrain, it is an eye opener in ways more than one!