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archives: all or just: fiction | non-fiction | children's Click on the article title, or the reviewer's name. 09/09/2010 Serious Men by Manu Joseph reviewed by Rajat Chaudhuri 18/08/2010 Revenge of the Mooncake Vixen by Marilyn Chin reviewed by Melanie Ho 26/07/2010 The Geometry of God by Uzma Aslam Khan reviewed by Niranjana Iyer 22/07/2010 The Road to Wanting by Wendy Law-Yone reviewed by Peter Gordon 05/07/2010 Long for this World by Sonya Chung reviewed by Melanie Ho 09/06/2010 The Calligrapher's Daughter by Eugenia Kim reviewed by Shahbano Bilgrami 28/05/2010 The Planter's Wife by Stephen Simmons reviewed by Nigel Collett 25/05/2010 The Fall of the Pagoda by Eileen Chang reviewed by Katherine Foster 09/05/2010 Ilustrado by Miguel Syjuco reviewed by Todd Shimoda 23/04/2010 Eight White Nights by Andre Aciman reviewed by Nigel Collett 22/04/2010 Pearl of China by Anchee Min reviewed by Todd Shimoda 31/03/2010 Between the Assassinations by Aravind Adiga reviewed by Niranjana Iyer 24/03/2010 Butterfly Tears by Zoe S. Roy reviewed by Melanie Ho 12/03/2010 The Age of Orphans by Laleh Khadivi reviewed by Peter Gordon 09/03/2010 The Merry Mysogynist by Colin Cotterrill reviewed by Robert H. Abel 07/02/2010 Lustrum by Robert Harris reviewed by Peter Gordon 02/02/2010 Body2Body by Jerome Kugan and Pang Khee Teik (eds.) reviewed by Nigel Collett 31/01/2010 Spies in the Garden: A Novel of War and Espionage by Bob Bergin reviewed by Richard Garrett 26/01/2010 Hotel China by SCC Overton and Edmund Price (eds.) / Hong Kong Writers Circle reviewed by Robert H. Abel 21/01/2010 Hidden Buddhas by Liza Dalby reviewed by Todd Shimoda 10/01/2010 Love in Translation by Wendy Nelson Tokunaga reviewed by Melanie Ho 04/01/2010 The Boat To Redemption by Su Tong reviewed by Shahbano Bilgrami 29/12/2009 Occupied City by David Peace reviewed by Todd Shimoda 23/12/2009 Dead Hand: A Crime in Calcutta by Paul Theroux reviewed by Nigel Collett 20/12/2009 The Word Book by Mieko Kanai reviewed by Todd Shimoda 01/12/2009 The Case of the Missing Servant by Tarquin Hall reviewed by Peter Gordon 15/11/2009 A Good Fall by Ha Jin reviewed by Melanie Ho 01/11/2009 The Beijing of Possibilities by Jonathan Tel reviewed by Peter Gordon 25/10/2009 Map of the Invisible World by Tash Aw reviewed by Peter Gordon 22/10/2009 Six Suspects by Vikas Swarup reviewed by Niranjana Iyer 19/10/2009 Supermarket by Satoshi Azuchi reviewed by Todd Shimoda 01/10/2009 A Robe of Feathers by Thersa Matsuura reviewed by Todd Shimoda 08/09/2009 Of Bees and Mist by Erick Setiawan reviewed by Peter Gordon 03/09/2009 Everything Asian by Sung J Woo reviewed by Melanie Ho 20/08/2009 Land of Marvels by Barry Unsworth reviewed by Peter Gordon 09/08/2009 The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa reviewed by Todd Shimoda 01/08/2009 Oh! A mystery of mono no aware by Todd Shimoda reviewed by Melanie Ho 27/07/2009 Another Gulmohar Tree by Aamer Hussein reviewed by Peter Gordon 04/07/2009 English by Wang Gang reviewed by Peter Gordon 25/06/2009 Shanghai Girls by Lisa See reviewed by Melanie Ho 22/06/2009 The Mao Case by Qiu Xiaolong reviewed by Nicholas Gordon 10/06/2009 The Vagrants by Yiyun Li reviewed by Isaac Stone Fish 31/05/2009 UFO in Her Eyes by Guo Xiaolu reviewed by Peter Gordon 23/05/2009 Incense Tree: Collected Poems by Louise Ho reviewed by Tammy Ho 20/05/2009 Once on a Moonless Light by Dai Sijie reviewed by Peter Gordon 14/05/2009 Audition by Ryu Murakami reviewed by Todd Shimoda 07/05/2009 The Cape and Other Stories From the Japanese Ghetto by Kenji Nakagami reviewed by Todd Shimoda 29/04/2009 Brothers by Yu Hua reviewed by Todd Shimoda 26/04/2009 Blood and Bamboo by James Church reviewed by Peter Gordon 11/04/2009 The Wasted Vigil by Nadeem Aslam reviewed by Niranjana Iyer 03/04/2009 The Pearl Jacket and Other Stories: Flas Fiction from Contemporary China by Shouhua Qi (ed.) reviewed by Isaac Stone Fish 15/03/2009 Burnt Shadows by Kamila Shamsie reviewed by Peter Gordon 12/03/2009 Bad Traffic by Simon Lewis reviewed by Isaac Stone Fish 05/03/2009 Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford reviewed by Melanie Ho 16/02/2009 Tokyo Fiancee by Amelie Nothomb reviewed by Peter Gordon 12/02/2009 Falling Through the Roof by Thubten Samphel reviewed by Tsering Namgyal 08/01/2009 The Piano Teacher by Janice Y. K. Lee reviewed by Peter Gordon 13/12/2008 Love Marriage by V.V. Ganeshananthan reviewed by Melanie Ho 11/12/2008 The China Lover by Ian Buruma reviewed by Isaac Stone Fish 29/11/2008 The Collector of Worlds by Ilya Troyanov reviewed by Peter Gordon 27/11/2008 Paper Butterfly by Diane Wei Liang reviewed by Shahbano Bilgrami 06/11/2008 Little Hut of Leaping Fishes by Chiew-Siah Tei reviewed by Isaac Stone Fish 20/10/2008 Gardens of Water by Alan Drew reviewed by Peter Gordon 28/09/2008 Animal's People by Indra Sinha reviewed by Niranjana Iyer 21/09/2008 The Ancient Ship by Zhang Wei reviewed by Peter Gordon 10/09/2008 My Favourite Wife by Tony Parsons reviewed by Peg Fong 01/09/2008 The Finder by Colin Harrison reviewed by Peter Gordon 24/08/2008 The Foreigner by Francie Lin reviewed by Peg Fong 20/08/2008 Real World by Natsuo Kirino reviewed by Todd Shimoda 14/08/2008 The Ginseng Hunter by Jeff Talarigo reviewed by Peter Gordon 02/08/2008 Beijing Coma by Ma Jian reviewed by Robert H. Abel 28/07/2008 The Eye of Jade by Diane Wei Liang reviewed by Shahbano Bilgrami 18/07/2008 The Ghost War by Alex Berenson reviewed by Peter Gordon 09/07/2008 The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga reviewed by Nigel Collett 07/07/2008 Breath by Tim Winton reviewed by Rosemary Sayer 12/06/2008 The Glass Slipper and Other Stories by Shotaro Yasuoka reviewed by Todd Shimoda 31/05/2008 Peach Blosson Pavilion by Mingmei Yip reviewed by Peg Fong 28/05/2008 Repatriated by Adriaan Van Dis reviewed by Peter Gordon 13/05/2008 Evening is the Whole Day by Preeta Samarasan reviewed by Vineetha Mokkil 23/04/2008 Secondhand World by Katherine Min reviewed by Karmel Schreyer 14/04/2008 Love & Lust by Hong Kong Writers' Circle reviewed by Sasha Seth 07/04/2008 The Temple of the Wild Geese and Bamboo Dolls of Echizen by Tsutomu Mizukami / Dennis Washburn (trans.) reviewed by Todd Shimoda 25/03/2008 The Painter From Shanghai by Jennifer Cody Epstein reviewed by Peter Gordon 24/02/2008 The Solitude of Emperors by David Davidar reviewed by Niranjana Iyer 23/02/2008 Midori by Moonlight by Wendy Nelson Tokunaga reviewed by Karmel Schreyer 09/02/2008 20 Fragments of a Ravenous Youth by Guo Xiaolu reviewed by Peter Gordon 27/01/2008 Tree of Smoke by Denis Johnson reviewed by Tim O'Connell 20/01/2008 The Assassin's Song by M. G. Vassanji reviewed by Niranjana Iyer 06/01/2008 The Budding Tree by Aiko Kitahara / Ian MacDonald (trans.) reviewed by Todd Shimoda 26/12/2007 Realm of the Dead by Uchida Hyakken / Rachel DiNitto (trans) reviewed by Todd Shimoda 23/12/2007 The Sirens of Baghdad by Yasmina Khadra reviewed by Peter Gordon 16/12/2007 Red Mandarin Dress by Qiu Xiaolong reviewed by Paul French 09/12/2007 The Snake Stone by Jason Goodwin reviewed by Peter Gordon 02/12/2007 The Dowry Bride by Shobhan Bantwal reviewed by Shahbano Bilgrami 30/11/2007 Call Me By Your Name by Andre Aciman reviewed by Nigel Collett 18/11/2007 The Septembers of Shiraz by Dalia Sofer The Man in the White Sharkskin Suit by Lucette Lagnado reviewed by Peter Gordon 11/11/2007 Peony in Love by Lisa See reviewed by Jane Wong 01/11/2007 Gifted by Nikita Lalwani reviewed by Niranjana Iyer 12/10/2007 Girls of Riyadh by Rajaa Alsanea reviewed by Niranjana Iyer 05/10/2007 Lust. Caution by Eileen Chang / Wang Hui Ling / James Schamus reviewed by Bruce Dalbrack 23/09/2007 Fieldwork by Mischa Belinksi reviewed by Peter Gordon 15/09/2007 Woman on the Other Shore by Mitsuyo Kakuta reviewed by Peter Gordon 10/09/2007 Earning the Laundry Stripes by Manreet Sodhi Someshwar reviewed by Shahbano Bilgrami 02/09/2007 The Pool of Unease by Catherine Sampson Bangkok Haunts by John Burdett reviewed by Peter Gordon 29/07/2007 Filming by Tabish Khair reviewed by Niranjana Iyer 12/07/2007 Lost Men by Brian Leung reviewed by Wes Stevens 04/07/2007 The Bastard of Istanbul by Elif Shafak reviewed by Peter Gordon 24/06/2007 The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid reviewed by Shahbano Bilgrami 21/06/2007 The American Diary of a Japanese Girl by Yone Noguchi / Edward Marx and Laura E. Franey (eds.) reviewed by Todd Shimoda 11/06/2007 Piercing by Ryu Murakami reviewed by Todd Shimoda 06/06/2007 The Eye of Jade by Diane Wei Liang reviewed by Reid Mitchell 04/06/2007 Skylark Farm by Antonia Arslan The Blood of Flowers by Anita Amirrezvani reviewed by Peter Gordon 23/05/2007 A Handbook to Luck by Cristina Garcia reviewed by Peter Gordon 06/05/2007 The Peacock Throne by Sujit Saraf Fireproof by Raj Kamal Jha reviewed by Niranjana Iyer 02/05/2007 The Lizard Cage by Karen Connelly reviewed by Alexandra Moss 26/04/2007 Plum Wine by Angela Davis-Gardener reviewed by Todd Shimoda 17/04/2007 A Fragile Hope by Ken Kamoche reviewed by Wes Stevens 08/04/2007 On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan reviewed by Peter Gordon 24/03/2007 Grotesque by Natsuo Kirino reviewed by Mary Lee 13/03/2007 I Love Dollars and Other Stories of China by Zhu Wen reviewed by Wes Stevens 14/02/2007 Christine Falls by Benjamin Black reviewed by Peter Gordon 11/02/2007 A Case of Two Cities by Qiu Xiaolong reviewed by Paul French 08/02/2007 Project Integrens by John Biggs reviewed by Tammy Ho 31/01/2007 The Teahouse Fire by Avery Ellis reviewed by Todd Shimoda 25/01/2007 Fruit Dreams and Other Asian Stories by Roseanne Thong reviewed by Wes Stevens 17/01/2007 The Uninvited by Geling Yan reviewed by Mary Lee 09/01/2007 Rogue Raider: The Tale of Captain Lauterbach and the Indian Mutiny by Nigel Barley reviewed by Richard Garrett 31/12/2006 Sacred Games by Vikram Chandra reviewed by Niranjana Iyer 24/12/2006 Love and Revolution by Ping Lu, Nancy Du (trans.) reviewed by John D. Van Fleet 13/12/2006 In the Country of Men by Hisham Matar Oasis by Laureen Vonnegut A Thousand Rooms of Dream and Fear by Atiq Rahimi reviewed by Peter Gordon 03/12/2006 Locked Out, Stories Far from Home by Alison Jean Lester reviewed by Wes Stevens 23/11/2006 Hong Kong U Writing: an anthology by Tammy Ho (ed.) reviewed by Reid Mitchell 19/11/2006 Salaam, Paris by Kavita Daswani reviewed by Shahbano Bilgrami 15/11/2006 The Dissident by Nell Freudenberger reviewed by Peter Gordon 07/11/2006 Loud Sparrows: Contemporary Chinese Short-Shorts by Aili Mu, Julie Chiu, Howard Goldblatt (selected and translated by) reviewed by Peter Gordon 18/10/2006 The Ruby in Her Navel by Barry Unsworth reviewed by Peter Gordon 15/10/2006 The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai reviewed by Shahbano Bilgrami 08/10/2006 The Tales of the Heike by Burton Watson (trans) / Haruo Shirane (ed.) reviewed by Todd Shimoda 05/10/2006 Imperium: A Novel of Ancient Rome by Robert Harris reviewed by Peter Gordon 02/10/2006 Brothers by Da Chen reviewed by Shahbano Bilgrami 28/09/2006 Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman by Haruki Marukami reviewed by Peter Gordon 24/09/2006 Moving House and Other Poems from Hong Kong by Gillian Bickley reviewed by Tammy Ho 16/09/2006 Londonstani by Gautam Malkani reviewed by Paul French 14/09/2006 Rules for Old Men Waiting by Peter Pouncey Two Lives by Vikram Seth reviewed by Peter Gordon 23/08/2006 Dancing with the Two-Headed Tigress by Tina Biswas reviewed by Niranjana Iyer 05/08/2006 The Gods We Worship Live Next Door by Bino A. Realuyo reviewed by David McKirdy 02/08/2006 Tourism by Nirpal Singh Dhaliwal reviewed by Shahbano Bilgrami 23/07/2006 Bodies in Motion by Mary Anne Mohanraj reviewed by Niranjana Iyer 26/06/2006 The Janissary Tree by Jason Goodwin Absurdistan by Gary Shteyngart reviewed by Peter Gordon 02/06/2006 The People's Republic of Desire by Annie Wang reviewed by Paul French 31/05/2006 Malinche by Laura Esquivel reviewed by Peter Gordon 26/05/2006 The Brigadier's Wife by Chris Tao reviewed by Shahbano Bilgrami 22/05/2006 Arthur & George by Julian Barnes reviewed by Michael Hsu 13/05/2006 Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky reviewed by Peter Gordon 10/05/2006 ARCHIPELAGO: Stories by Wes Stevens reviewed by Graham Ranger 04/05/2006 How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild and Got a Life by Kaavya Viswanathan reviewed by Niranjana Iyer 29/04/2006 The Accidental by Ali Smith reviewed by Shahbano Bilgrami 25/04/2006 White Ghost Girls by Alice Greenway reviewed by Peter Gordon 04/04/2006 The Space Between Us by Thrity Umrigar reviewed by Niranjana Iyer 29/03/2006 City of the Queen by Shih Shuqing reviewed by Peter Gordon 25/03/2006 Crossfire by Miyuki Miyabe reviewed by John Walsh 14/03/2006 Kuraj by Sivia di Natale reviewed by Peter Gordon 07/03/2006 In the Company of the Courtesan by Sarah Dunant reviewed by Peter Gordon 04/03/2006 Salman Rushdie by Shalimar the Clown reviewed by Graham Ranger 25/02/2006 Frangipani by Celestine Hitiura Vaite reviewed by Peter Gordon 23/02/2006 Haunting Tales of Hong Kong by The Hong Kong Writers' Circle reviewed by Tammy Ho 14/02/2006 The Rose of Singapore by Peter Neville reviewed by Rosemary Sayer 10/02/2006 Entrys by Peter Bacho reviewed by Paul Kim 07/02/2006 Zoom Out by Peter Maize reviewed by David McKirdy 15/01/2006 A Lover's Soliloquy by Eddie Tay reviewed by Tammy Ho 01/01/2006 The Utility of Force: The Art of War in the Modern World by General Sir Rupert Smith reviewed by Michael Hsu 27/12/2005 My Life as Emperor by Su Tong reviewed by Peter Gordon 15/12/2005 The Living Room of the Dead by Eric Stone reviewed by Peter Gordon 09/12/2005 Stick Out Your Tongue by Ma Jian A Thousand Years of Good Prayers by Yiyun Li reviewed by Peter Gordon 04/12/2005 Private Dancer by Stephen Leather reviewed by Paul French 24/11/2005 Memories of My Melancholy Whores by Gabriel Garcia Marquez reviewed by Peter Gordon 13/11/2005 The Sea by John Banville reviewed by Peter Gordon 10/10/2005 Bangkok Tattoo by John Burdett reviewed by Wayne E. Yang 24/09/2005 The Flight of the Swans by D. Devika Bai reviewed by Sasha Seth 17/09/2005 Pomegranate Soup by Marsha Mehran reviewed by Rosemary Sayer 04/09/2005 Rogue Regime: Kim Jong Il and the Looming Threat of North Korea by Jasper Becker reviewed by Kerry Brown 03/09/2005 The Harmony Silk Factory by Tash Aw reviewed by Peter Gordon 31/08/2005 Flashman on the March by George McDonald Fraser reviewed by Tim O'Connell 28/08/2005 Accidental Occidental by David McKirdy reviewed by Bruce Dalbrack 24/08/2005 Flush by Carl Hiassen reviewed by Nicholas Gordon 08/08/2005 The Cairo House by Samia Serageldin reviewed by Peter Gordon 01/08/2005 Surface by Siddhartha Deb reviewed by Todd Shimoda 25/07/2005 Fan Tan by Marlon Brando and Donald Cammell reviewed by Peter Gordon 13/07/2005 The Alchemy of Desire by Tarun J. Tejpal reviewed by Peter Gordon 11/07/2005 Big Breasts and Wide Hips by Mo Yan reviewed by Paul French 19/06/2005 Embroideries by Marjane Satrapi reviewed by Dania Shawwa 17/06/2005 Sightseeing by Rattawut Lapcharoensap reviewed by Peter Gordon 08/06/2005 Mr. Muo's Travelling Couch by Dai Sijie reviewed by Peter Gordon 22/05/2005 The Book of Loss by Julith Jedamus reviewed by Todd Shimoda 19/05/2005 Shadow Family by Miyuki Miyabe reviewed by Paul French 30/04/2005 Fortress Besieged by Qian Zhongshu reviewed by Peter Gordon 10/04/2005 The Turkish Gambit by Boris Akunin reviewed by Peter Gordon 31/03/2005 The Book and the Sword by Louis Cha reviewed by Peter Gordon 27/03/2005 Wolves Eat Dogs by Martin Cruz Smith reviewed by Paul French 13/03/2005 Snobs by Julian Fellowes reviewed by Tracy Quan 02/03/2005 In Times of Siege by Githa Hariharan reviewed by Shahbano Bilgrami 10/02/2005 Passing Under Heaven by Justin Hill reviewed by Terry Grose 06/02/2005 Dream Jungle by Jessica Hagedorn reviewed by Peter Gordon 23/01/2005 The Train to Lo Wu by Jess Row reviewed by Peter Gordon 16/01/2005 Winter in China by Douglas Galbraith reviewed by Peter Gordon 12/01/2005 When Strange Gods Call by Pam Chun reviewed by Sasha Seth 26/12/2004 Old Filth by Jane Gardham reviewed by Peter Gordon 24/12/2004 Beijing Doll by Chun Sue reviewed by Paul French 19/12/2004 The Emperor's Old Clothes by Jake van der Kamp reviewed by James T.C. Tan 19/12/2004 Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Marukami reviewed by Peter Gordon 11/12/2004 Transforming Korean Politics: Democracy, Reform, and Culture by Young Whan Kihl reviewed by John Walsh 05/12/2004 Conversations in Bolzano by Sandor Marai reviewed by Peter Gordon 24/11/2004 My Nine Lives: Chapters of a Possible Past by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala reviewed by Shahbano Bilgrami 19/11/2004 The Fearless Man by Donald Pfarrer reviewed by John Walsh 13/11/2004 Once Removed by Mako Yoshikawa reviewed by Jane Lewis 09/11/2004 Delicate Access by Madeleine Marie Slavick reviewed by Tammy Ho 03/11/2004 Autumn Bridge by Takashi Matsuoka reviewed by Peter Gordon 30/10/2004 Sixty Lights by Gail Jones reviewed by Rosemary Sayer 30/10/2004 A High Degree of Atrocity by Jay Scott Kanes reviewed by Timothy Kaiser 24/10/2004 The Plot Against America by Philip Roth reviewed by Peter Gordon 20/10/2004 The Pearl Diver by Jeff Talarigo reviewed by Jane Ram 16/10/2004 The Love Wife by Gish Jen reviewed by Suzanne Moore 16/10/2004 War Trash by Ha Jin reviewed by Peter Gordon 10/10/2004 Queen of Dreams by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni reviewed by Sasha Seth 10/10/2004 The Great Fire by Shirley Hazzard reviewed by Terry Grose 30/09/2004 Snow by Orhan Pamuk Birds Without Wings by Louis de Bernieres reviewed by Peter Gordon 19/09/2004 Le Colonial by Kien Nguyen reviewed by John Walsh 17/09/2004 Everything Happens for a Reason by Kavita Daswani reviewed by Sasha Seth 12/09/2004 My Father's War by Adrian van Dis reviewed by Peter Gordon 12/09/2004 Out by Natsuo Kirino reviewed by Paul French 03/09/2004 Victorine by Catherine Texier reviewed by Suzanne Moore 01/09/2004 Peacock Cries by Hong Ying reviewed by Paul French 29/08/2004 The Noodle Maker by Ma Jian reviewed by Peter Gordon 27/08/2004 Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return by Marjane Satrapi reviewed by Douglas Crets 25/08/2004 The Girl in the Golden House by John Biggs reviewed by Christine Loh 18/08/2004 The Advocate by Marcello Fois reviewed by Peter Gordon 16/08/2004 At the Water's Edge by Pradeep Jeganathan reviewed by John Walsh 14/08/2004 The In-Between World of Vikram Lall by MG Vassanji reviewed by Peter Gordon 07/08/2004 The Tyrant's Novel by Thomas Keneally reviewed by John Walsh 05/08/2004 The Bus Stopped by Tabish Khair reviewed by Peter Gordon 29/07/2004 The Leader by Guy Walters reviewed by Paul French 27/07/2004 Five Point Someone by Chetan Bhagat reviewed by Peter Gordon 14/07/2004 Tokyo by Mo Hayder reviewed by Paul French 08/07/2004 Murder at the Horny Toad Bar and Other Outrageous Tales of Thailand by Dean Barrett reviewed by Douglas Crets 04/07/2004 The Last Song of Dusk by Siddharth Dhanvant Shanghvi reviewed by Peter Gordon 25/06/2004 Clearing Ground by Martin Alexander reviewed by Pauline Burton 24/06/2004 When Red is Black by Qiu Xiaolong reviewed by Peter Gordon 16/06/2004 Heaven Lake by John Dalton reviewed by Tim O'Connell 11/06/2004 Transmission by Hari Kunzru reviewed by Peter Gordon 19/05/2004 Overleaf Hong Kong by Xu Xi reviewed by John Walsh 08/05/2004 Village of Stone by Guo Xiaolu reviewed by Peter Gordon 05/05/2004 Absolute Friends by John le Carre reviewed by Paul French 24/04/2004 The Distance Between Us by Maggie O'Farrell reviewed by Sue Bond 23/04/2004 The Swallows of Kabul by Yasmina Khadra reviewed by Jaya Banerji 23/03/2004 The Spice Garden by Michael Vatikiotis reviewed by John Walsh 19/03/2004 The Swallows of Kabul by Yasmina Khadra reviewed by Peter Gordon 16/03/2004 The Feng Shui Detective's Casebook by Nury Vittachi reviewed by Paul McGuire 14/03/2004 Pompeii by Robert Harris reviewed by Peter Gordon 09/03/2004 Black Sheep: Journey to Borroloola by Nicholas Jose The Red Thread reviewed by Sue Bond 26/02/2004 One Last Look by Susanna Moore reviewed by Jane Ram 23/02/2004 The Oriental Casebook of Sherlock Holmes by Ted Riccardi reviewed by Douglas Crets 21/02/2004 One Hundred Million Hearts by Kerri Sakamoto reviewed by Peter Gordon 27/01/2004 My Life as a Fake by Peter Carey reviewed by Peter Gordon 24/01/2004 Raincheck Renewed by Kavita Jindal reviewed by David McKirdy 10/01/2004 The Palace of Heavenly Pleasure by Adam Williams reviewed by Jane Ram 05/01/2004 The Touch by Colleen McCullough reviewed by Rosie Milne 24/12/2003 Trespassing by Uzma Aslam Khan reviewed by Jaya Banerji 16/12/2003 Food Court by Timothy Kaiser reviewed by Douglas Crets 03/11/2003 Shanghai Dancing by Brian Castro reviewed by Sue Bond 12/10/2003 My Name is Sei Shonagon by Jan Blensdorf reviewed by L.S. de Lamas 08/10/2003 The Hamilton Case by Michelle de Kretser reviewed by Peter Gordon 02/10/2003 Holy Fools by Joanne Harris reviewed by Rosemary Sayer 26/09/2003 Brick Lane by Monica Ali reviewed by Jaya Banerji 24/09/2003 Bunker 13 by Aniruddha Bahal reviewed by Peter Gordon 21/09/2003 For the Record and other poems of Hong Kong by Gillian Bickley reviewed by David McKirdy 16/09/2003 A Dictionary of Maqiao by Han Shaogong reviewed by Peter Gordon 08/09/2003 The Book of Salt by Monique Truong reviewed by Annabel Jackson 06/09/2003 To Live by Yu Hua Chronicle of a Blood Merchant reviewed by Peter Gordon 30/08/2003 The Last Man by Jean-Baptiste Francois Xavier Cousin de Grainville; trans by I.F. & M. Clarke reviewed by Gillian Bickley 24/08/2003 Cleaning House by Barry Kalb reviewed by Bill Purves 19/08/2003 echolocation by Mani Rao reviewed by Dino Mahoney 14/08/2003 Travelling with Djinns by Jamal Mahjoub reviewed by Lynelle Rose 07/08/2003 The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown reviewed by Paul McGuire 19/07/2003 The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini reviewed by Sue Bond 11/07/2003 The Colour by Rose Tremain reviewed by Rosemary Sayer 22/06/2003 Facing The Light by Adele Geras reviewed by Rosie Milne 20/06/2003 The Floating World by Cynthia Gralla reviewed by Peter Gordon 09/06/2003 All Over Creation by Ruth Ozeki reviewed by Rosemary Sayer 06/06/2003 Monkey Hunting by Cristina Garcia reviewed by Peter Gordon 04/06/2003 Due Preparations for the Plague by Janette Turner Hospital reviewed by William May 25/05/2003 Reversible Errors by Scott Turow reviewed by William May 06/05/2003 The Girl Who Played Go by Shan Sa reviewed by Peter Gordon 29/04/2003 Sacking The Stork by Kris Webb and Kathy Wilson reviewed by Rosie Milne 22/04/2003 The Brainfever Bird by Alan Sealy reviewed by Peter Gordon 19/04/2003 Spellbound by Jane Green reviewed by Elaine Leung 13/04/2003 The Money Dragon by Pam Chun reviewed by Peter Gordon 02/04/2003 Snake by Dewi Anggraeni reviewed by Peter Gordon 18/03/2003 The Miniaturist by Kunal Basu The Opium Clerk reviewed by Peter Gordon 10/03/2003 Buru Quartet by Pramoedya Ananta Toer reviewed by Mark Hanusz 06/03/2003 A House by the River by Sid Smith Something Like a House reviewed by Peter Gordon 05/03/2003 Isn't it Romantic by Ron Hansen reviewed by Rosemary Sayer 16/02/2003 One Day by Ardashir Vakil Beach Boy reviewed by Peter Gordon 18/01/2003 The Crimson Petal and The White by Michel Faber reviewed by Rosie Milne 09/01/2003 Skins by Sarah Hay reviewed by Rosemary Sayer 16/12/2002 A Loyal Character Dancer by Qiu Xiaolong reviewed by Charles Foran 11/12/2002 Cloud of Sparrows by Takashi Matsuoka reviewed by Peter Gordon 29/11/2002 Balthasar's Odyssey by Amin Maalouf reviewed by Peter Gordon 25/11/2002 Dorian by Will Self reviewed by Rosie Milne 16/11/2002 Caramelo by Sandra Cisneros reviewed by Peter Gordon 14/11/2002 Grass for My Pillow by Saiichi Maruya reviewed by Bill Barron 29/10/2002 Tokyo Station by Martin Cruz Smith reviewed by Jake Needham 16/10/2002 The Rice Mother by Rani Manicka reviewed by Rosemary Sayer 12/10/2002 Real Time: Stories and a Reminiscence by Amit Chaudhuri reviewed by Christopher New 27/09/2002 The Secret Agent by Francine Mathews reviewed by Wayne E. Yang 19/09/2002 The Piano Tuner by Daniel Mason reviewed by Peter Gordon 10/09/2002 The Dark Bride by Laura Restrepo reviewed by Peter Gordon 28/08/2002 The Miracle Life of Edgar Mint by Brady Udall reviewed by Brent E. Horner 25/08/2002 China Run by David W. Ball reviewed by Peter Gordon 01/08/2002 Moral Hazard by Kate Jennings reviewed by Peter Gordon 20/07/2002 Hokkaido Popsicle by Isaac Adamson reviewed by Peter Gordon 06/07/2002 Fragrant Harbour by John Lanchester reviewed by Elaine Leung 27/06/2002 Modern Indian Literature by Amit Chaudhuri reviewed by Charles Foran 21/06/2002 Twelve Bar Blues by Patrick Neate reviewed by Lauren Jackson 11/06/2002 Video by Meera Nair reviewed by Peter Gordon 06/06/2002 The Blood Doctor by Barbara Vine reviewed by Gillian Bickley 31/05/2002 The Master of Rain by Thomas Brady reviewed by Jake Needham 30/05/2002 The Fourth Treasure by Todd Shimoda reviewed by Peter Gordon 19/05/2002 Dream Stuff by David Malouf reviewed by Todd Crowell 13/05/2002 Dirt Music by Tim Winton reviewed by Peter Gordon 08/05/2002 The Feng Shui Detective Goes South by Nury Vittachi reviewed by Robert H. Abel 02/05/2002 The Gardens of Kyoto by Kate Walbert reviewed by Peter Gordon 29/04/2002 Murder in China Red by Dean Barrett reviewed by Gillian Bickley 24/04/2002 The Impressionist by Hari Kunzru reviewed by Jaya Banerji 19/04/2002 Laundry Man by Jake Needham reviewed by Charles Foran 25/03/2002 The Summons by John Grisham reviewed by Jake Needham 11/03/2002 The Lucky Gourd Shop by Joanna Catherine Scott reviewed by Karmel Schreyer 09/03/2002 When the Elephants Dance by Tess Uriza Holthe reviewed by Brent E. Horner 09/03/2002 In the Pond by Ha Jin reviewed by Xu Xi 06/03/2002 The Feast of the Goat by Mario Vargas Llosa reviewed by Peter Gordon 03/03/2002 Resurrection Men by Ian Rankin reviewed by William May 24/02/2002 The Chinese Storyteller's Book: Supernatural Tales by Michael David Kwan reviewed by Ken Beatty 21/02/2002 Merkin Brothers by Steven Irvine reviewed by Jake Needham 18/02/2002 Shipwrecks by Akira Yoshimura reviewed by Peter Gordon 09/02/2002 The Drink and Dream Teahouse by Justin Hill reviewed by Diana McPartlin 02/02/2002 Embers by Sandor Marai reviewed by Peter Gordon 27/01/2002 Moth Smoke by Mohsin Hamid reviewed by Peter Gordon 10/01/2002 My Name is Red by Orhan Pamuk reviewed by Peter Gordon 29/12/2001 The Bridegroom by Ha Jin reviewed by Brent E. Horner 12/12/2001 Swift as Desire by Laura Esquivel reviewed by Peter Gordon 25/11/2001 The Distant Land of My Father by Bo Caldwell reviewed by Peter Gordon 22/10/2001 The True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey reviewed by Peter Gordon 12/10/2001 House on Fire by Charles Foran reviewed by Peter Gordon 03/10/2001 Super-Cannes by J.G. Ballard reviewed by Mani Rao 01/10/2001 Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie reviewed by Christine Loh 10/08/2001 The Hunter by Julia Leigh reviewed by Peter Gordon 01/08/2001 Mammon, Inc by Hwee Hwee Tan reviewed by Brent E. Horner 25/07/2001 The Lost Daughter of Happiness by Geling Yan reviewed by Peter Gordon 05/07/2001 Shanghai Baby by Wei Hui reviewed by Christine Loh 03/07/2001 Lipstick, and Other Stories by Alex Kuo reviewed by Robert H. Abel 22/06/2001 The Republic of Wine by Mo Yan reviewed by Peter Gordon 29/05/2001 History's Fiction: Stories from the City of Hong Kong by Xu Xi reviewed by Robert H. Abel 28/05/2001 Hong Kong Invaded! A '97 Nightmare by Gillian Bickley reviewed by Peter Gordon 22/05/2001 Death of a Red Heroine by Qui Xiaolong reviewed by Peter Gordon

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