What a lovely medley of authors this thread has unleashed. I am surprised that Wodehouse seems such a favourite; I thought he was passe....and I thought I was part of a minority (and of course Vod ka Raja who often uses Wodhousian phrases) who would like him.
Yes, Vikram Seth has a W with W, as Bertie Wooster would say... a Way with Words. And yes, whoever mentioned Devan...HOW could I have forgotten him? Ah, thank you for the reminder. My mother would bind all the stories from the magazines together; the huge collection still resides in my brother's home, and my husband and I dip into the treasure occasionally. (Yes, there are several areas in which our book-tastes overlap, too.) I am curious about favourite Bengali and Hindi authors on the list... do tell. On Fri, Apr 4, 2008 at 5:23 PM, Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Apr 4, 2008 at 5:16 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > > Dorothy Sayers .. well, her detecting is good, but Lord Peter Wimsey is a > > bit of a twit. > > > > > Since everybody's confessing their book loves... > > Richard Bach and Nevil Shute > Devan (of CID Chandru and *Thuppariyum Saambu*) > PG Wodehouse > Roald Dahl and O. Henry and bits of Raymond Chandler > JT Edson and Louis L'Amour and Enid Blyton and Franklin W. Dixon > Kalki and Bhaarathiar and SM Natesa Sastri > and a few more. > > If you folks haven't read Nevil Shute's 'A town like Alice', please do. > > > C > > -- > http://www.flickr.com/photos/ravages > http://www.linkedin.com/in/ravages > http://www.selectiveamnesia.org/ > > +91-9884467463 >
