When authors send in their feedback! Kiran Doshi on the review of Jinnah Often Came To Our House
The review and interview were first published on
http://www.talkingcranes.com/tc-article/book-review-jinnah-often-came-our-house/1563
http://www.talkingcranes.com/tc-article/author-kiran-doshi-jinnah-often-came-our-house/1562
and later shared on The Good Book Corner
…Thank you for the review of Jinnah often came to our House. I have been reviewing books for ages and know what a tough job it is—apart, of course, from the job ruining the joy of reading. I have learnt only lately that the trick is to read the book as a reader the first time, then to plod through it as a reviewer a second time.
I am not sure if that is what you do. Whatever your method, it has worked with Jinnah . . . ! Your review says just enough about the book to whet the appetite, and not give away the plot. (A recent extraordinarily long review of the book in an Indian magazine has given away so much of the story that I am sure that many people who read the review will decide that they don’t need to read the book now!) Incidentally, I was impressed with the way you began the review—linking the Francis Bacon quote, the first sentence of the novel, and the sentence with which it ends. Over the months since the book came out, many critics have reviewed the book. None of them noticed the link.
One selfish request. Do put me in the mailing list of your future book reviews. I love good books and far too many books I begin (and, from force of habit, complete) turn out to be unsatisfactory. Maybe reading their reviews first would help to save me some time.
Affectionately,
Kiran Doshi
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Hi, i recently read the book, “Jinnah often came to our house”. Really loved reading the book, after which I was hunting the author’s email address to write an email of praise. Through googling, I stumbled upon your wonderful website and now am following it too ! Can you share Mr. Kiran Doshi’s email ID with me, so that I can appreciate his work and be grateful for writing such an amazing book. You can send me his email address at my mail ID : ami.mehta7@gmail.com. will really be grateful, if you grant me this favor. Please. Thanks
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Hi! Thanks for your comment. I have passed on your email to Mr. Doshi.
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Thank you so much. I am hoping I get an email from him, so that I can talk to him about his masterpiece !👍
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