A Bold Start, Review of Rahad Abir’s Bengal Hound
…the novel’s fixation on East Pakistan is compensation for the absence of Western milieus familiar to the inquisitive readers of the global English novel.
…the novel’s fixation on East Pakistan is compensation for the absence of Western milieus familiar to the inquisitive readers of the global English novel.
I, Lilli Man They call me Lilli Man. They call me other names, too. Lilli Butcher, for example. Ever since I’ve started the farm, they’ve begun baptizing me “Lilliputian.” One muggy afternoon in August, sitting on the veranda, I am sulking about it. A female Lilliputian, who I call Li, is lounging in my lap. …