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The Book Hunters of Katpadi
The Book Hunters of Katpadi: A Bibliomystery | Pradeep Sebastian
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Neelambari Adigal and her young associate, Kayal, together run Biblio, a one-of-a-kind store of rare books in Chennai, specializing in modern Indian first editions. The lives of these passionate bookwomen revolve around curious browsers, eccentric book collectors, private-press printers and the occasional thrill of unexpected discoveries of the antiquarian kind. On a book-collecting trip to Ooty, Kayal stumbles upon an incendiary manuscript, long thought to be a myth, purportedly authored by explorer and translator Sir Richard Francis Burton. Almost simultaneously, a cache of priceless editions that looks like it could be from the 300-year-old library of one of the greatest book collectors the world has ever known, turns up at the bookshop. When it falls upon the two women to authenticate their finds, Neela and Kayal discover, quite suddenly, that their lives are more full of bibliographic intrigue than they could ever have imagined. Indias first-ever biblio-mystery, The Book Hunters of Katpadi, is the book every lover of the written word has been waiting for. In the tradition of the greatest in the genre, it holds within its pages adventure, action, suspense and the sheer thrill of close encounters with prized print-on-paper.
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Vansa
Vansa
The Book Hunters of Katpadi: A Bibliomystery | Pradeep Sebastian
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#Two4Tuesday @TheSpineView
1.Definitely a voracious reader, you require quite a bit of privilege to be a bibliophile in a world where space is increasingly at a premium!
2. Bibliophiles like the physical act of holding a book as much as the book itself!Would be nice to be one,but can't live in a city and have a house large enough for it!
Highly recommend the tagged book,a gorgeous bibliomystery about collectors and books

TheSpineView Thanks for playing! 💙📚💙 3y
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Vansa
Vansa
The Book Hunters of Katpadi: A Bibliomystery | Pradeep Sebastian
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#wondrouswednesday @Eggs
🤍I do!I don't reject books because of their covers,but I have noticed I gravitate towards books with well designed covers!
💙Covers that are evocative of the book's themes.Tagged book has a a gorgeously designed cover,in keeping with the book's themes of book collecting!
💜'A sense that the world was mad'!I love that opening line of Scaramouche.
These are great prompts,join in,everyone!

Eggs Perfection - thanks for playing 💙🤍💜 3y
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Vansa
Vansa
The Book Hunters of Katpadi: A Bibliomystery | Pradeep Sebastian
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One of my favourite columnists for The Hindu, great articles on literature and cinema.I really enjoyed this book about a bunch of unscrupulous rare book buyers on the hunt for a particular edition! Very fun read.Great prompt as well!
#ThoughtfulThursday @Cosmos_Moon
1."I need a backup mask".My office is forcing all of us to get back to work and I'm packing a bag!
2.Our move back from my parents' wasn't as difficult as I expected!

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AppuNthebooks
AppuNthebooks
The Book Hunters of Katpadi: A Bibliomystery | Pradeep Sebastian
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Rainy Sunday evening and this book. Can‘t wait to dive in! Even the fish are curious 👀 #Bibliomystery #RainyDays

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WanderingBookaneer
WanderingBookaneer
The Book Hunters of Katpadi: A Bibliomystery | Pradeep Sebastian
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https://bookriot.com/?p=152423 #ThisIsHowMyTBRGrows

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LeahBergen
LeahBergen
The Book Hunters of Katpadi: A Bibliomystery | Pradeep Sebastian
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So ... I might have just ordered this book. From India. 😬

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Megabooks That‘s kind of awesome! 7y
Melissa_J Based on the blurb I can totally understand why you ordered it. It sounds really good! 7y
rubyslippersreads This sounds great! 7y
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Leftcoastzen 🤑😂 7y
batsy Oooooh! 7y
Redwritinghood Well, we all probably would have done the same thing. 7y
LectricSheep Have you read this yet? Book Riot just mentioned it, it‘s only $6 on kindle, and it sounds great! 7y
LeahBergen @LectricSheep It just arrived from India this week! 😂😂 I can‘t complain because it was only $13 and they must have sent it the cheapest way possible. It looks REALLY fun and is actually illustrated with black and white drawings and has a ribbon bookmark. I‘d say give it a try. 👍🏻 7y
LectricSheep Oooooh, sounds beautiful. I wonder if the US edition is as good (probably not). I hope the kindle version has illustrations too! 7y
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