Tag Archives: Catch 22

Why we appreciate art

Posted on February 17, 2015 by

I met a friend after a couple years in Bangalore last weekend, and he told me an interesting fact about how one of my favorite authors, Joseph Heller, became a bestseller. He said that Robert Gottlieb, the publisher of Catch-22, … Continue reading →

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A book on the Otherside

Posted on February 11, 2015 by

I walked into the bookshop. The first row of books had a label on it saying ‘Recommended’. I never touched those books. They were always too mainstream, and populism never read well. Instead, I was adept at finding books that … Continue reading →

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