Selected Pre-1980 Reviews
This section contains scanned copies of some of the many reviews garnered by G.V. Desani's books, as well as some interesting biographical articles. Note the pivotal role played by the editors of The Illustrated Weekly of India in drawing attention to Desani and his writings.
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1950s
"First 10 Reviews"
Undated
Aldor Edition Promotional Piece
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Illustrated Weekly of India, "London Home of Indian Author"
by Shakuntala Shrinagesh, April 10, 1949

Central Railway Magazine, "G.V. Desani's HALI"
unsigned, Oct., 1952
Central Railway Magazine, "A Portrait of a Stylist"
unsigned, Sept., 1952


1960s
Illustrated Weekly of India, "Face to Face", by S.V.V.
Feb. 14, 1965

Illustrated Weekly of India, "Chiaroscuro"
by A.S.R. (Avadhanam Sita Raman), March 15, 1964

Illustrated Weekly of India, "Literary Traditions…"
P. Lal, "Literary Traditions - 6 (Final) / Indian Writing in English", Oct. 25, 1964

Illustrated Weekly of India, "All About G.V. Desani"
by C.R. Mandy, 1964

1970 Reviews

The Guardian, "A Masterwork, Damme"
by P.J. Kavanagh, April 16, 1970

The Scotsman, "Two-faced Comedy"
by Martin Seymour-Smith

New Statesman & Nation, "Unpindownable"
by Mary Borg, June 17, 1970

The Irish Press, "Keep Shooting"
by John Jordan, July 3, 1970

Newsweek, " 'Down the Alley, Bung-ho!' "
by S.K. Overbeck, June 22, 1970

Time, "Towering Babel"
by Christopher Porterfield, July 20, 1970

The New York Times, "London: A prolonged Cultural Siesta"
by Alan Brien, June 15, 1970

Grimsby Evening Telegraph, "Eng.–But Gloriously Impure"
by J.C.W., April 30, 1970

Washington Star, "A Comic Rarity"
by Day Thorpe, June 21, 1970

Austin-American Stateman, "UT's Prof. Desani: Complex, Cultivated – and Contradictory"
by Cynthia Joyce, July 27, 1970

Beaumont Enterprise and Journal, "Reissued Desani Novel Termed 'Modern Classic' "
by Violette Newton, July 19, 1970

Austin-American Stateman, "Theravada Buddhism Interest Rises Here"
by Robert Musgrove, March 29, 1970

Illustrated Weekly of India, "Not-So-Mad Hatterr"
"Editor's Page", August 2, 1970

Austin-American Statesman, "Books"
by Bill Warren, August 9, 1970
