It's always good to get good reviews. I read my reviews. There are a lot of writers who don't read their reviews at all. I read them; then I put them away because it's not good to engage with them too much. Neel Mukherjee engagegoodlot share on social
When a book is going well, it tells you where to go. Neel Mukherjee booktell Change image and share on social
I'm much more attracted to the miscegenation of cultures than to harmony. Neel Mukherjee attractcultureharmony Change image and share on social
I wouldn't call myself a 'literary critic,' just a book reviewer. Neel Mukherjee bookcallcritic Change image and share on social
I had just begun an M.A. in Creative Writing, and I had to write a novel, so I began writing a novel that later became 'A Life Apart.' Neel Mukherjee begincreativelife Change image and share on social
India introduced Britain to vegetarianism - see Tristram Stuart's excellent first book on this - and it is possible, indeed all too easy, to be a vegetarian in India and eat extraordinarily good, varied food every day, with very few 'repeats.' Neel Mukherjee bookbritainday share on social
Nostalgia is a particular affliction of immigrant fiction, and it's led to a kind of sclerosis of the form. I hate nostalgia, and I feel it's good to be aware of the politics of these genres. Neel Mukherjee afflictionawarefeel Change image and share on social
The bestseller charts, a sure indicator of public taste, tell us with relentless frequency that Marian Keyes or Jeffrey Archer is a better author, by some dizzying six-figure sum, both in numbers of copies and money, than, say, J. M. Coetzee or Patrick White. Are they right? Neel Mukherjee archerauthorbestseller share on social
Fiction can either be a mirror reflecting you back to yourself or it can be a clean pane of glass looking on the outside. Neel Mukherjee backcleanfiction Change image and share on social