What do we talk about when we talk about Birdman? It’s hard to know where to begin, for this is a film that makes us gasp, a breathless, rapturous, stream-of-consciousness fever dream, a film which unfolds dizzyingly and dramatically and takes us on a journey that, while a deeply personal journey for a character, holds […]
Book Review: Jeet Thayil’s Narcopolis
Sentenced to death More Rushdie-lite than rushed delight, Narcopolis tries far too hard. Jeet Thayil begins his first novel with a very long sentence, one of those showboating literary devices that can make or mar the mood, and while the writing in that chapter-long opening salvo is more precious than authentically frantic, far too eager […]
