The 1960s and 70s were the heydays of thriller writers. Agatha Christie, Frederick Forsyth, Dick Francis and a lot of others were the toast of thriller readers everywhere. And into this scene, in 1978, stepped Kenneth Martin Follett (more popularly known as Ken Follett) with his immensely successful The Eye of the Needle. How successful? […]
There are some books that simply seize you, and the echoes of the words linger with you long after you have turned the last page; The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas is one such book. The very first time I read it, it left me with a lump in my throat for days, and every […]
Battle Cry may have been the very first book I read in this genre, but The Guns of Navarone was the first ever war movie I watched as a kid, and the book has always been a favourite of mine. It is the source of my love for fast paced, over the top thrillers with […]
Band of Brothers (full title Band of Brothers, E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne: From Normandy to Hitler’s Eagle Nest) was one of the rare occasions where I saw the TV adaptation first and then read the book. And though the TV series is in this case superior in terms of visuals and the storytelling […]
Battle Cry holds a special place in my heart. It was the first book I ever read from the Historic Fiction genre and has been instrumental in shaping my love and interest in it. I was then studying World War 2 in my History lessons, and the name Leon Uris kept popping up when my […]
War Crows 