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Virgin Suicides by Jefferey Eugenides
The shocking thing about the girls was how nearly normal they seemed when their mother let them out
for the one and only date of their lives.Twenty years on,their enigmatic personalities are embalmed
in the memories of the boys who worshipped them and who now recall their shared adolescence: the
brassiere draped over a crucifix belonging to the promiscuous Lux; the sisters' breathtaking
appearance on the night of the dance; and the sultry, sleepy street across which they watched a
family disintegrate and fragile lives disappear.

The White Tiger by Arvind Adiga
Balram Halwai is the White Tiger - the smartest boy in his village. His family is too poor for him
to afford for him to finish school and he has to work in a teashop, breaking coals and wiping tables.
But Balram gets his break when a rich man hires him as a chauffeur, and takes him to live in Delhi.
The city is a revelation. As he drives his master to shopping malls and call centres, Balram becomes
increasingly aware of immense wealth and opportunity all around him,while knowing that he will never
be able to gain access to that world. As Balram broods over his situation, he realizes that there is
only one way he can become part of this glamorous new India - by murdering his master."The White
Tiger" presents a raw and unromanticised India, both thrilling and shocking - from the desperate,
almost lawless villages along the Ganges, to the booming Wild South of Bangalore and its technology
and outsourcing centres. The first-person confession of a murderer, "The White Tiger" is as
compelling for its subject matter as for the voice of its narrator - amoral, cynical, unrepentant,
yet deeply endearing.

Half in Love by Maile Meloy
Most of the stories are set in Meloy’s native Montana. Others are set in Paris, wartime London, and
Greece. In “Four Lean Hounds, ca. 1976,” two couples face a complicated grief when one of the four
dies. In “Ranch Girl,” the college-bound daughter of a ranch foreman must choose which adult world
she wants to occupy. In “A Stakes Horse,” a woman confronts risk and loss at the racetrack and at
home. And in “Aqua Boulevard”—winner of the Aga Khan Prize for Fiction—an elderly Parisian confronts
his mortality.

All My Friends are Superheroes by Andrew Kaufman
All Tom's friends really are superheroes. Tom even married a superhero, the Perfectionist. But at
their wedding the Perfectionist is hypnotized by her ex, Hypno, to believe that Tom is invisible.
Nothing he does can make her see him. Six months later, the Perfectionist is sure that Tom has
abandoned her, so she's moving to Vancouver. She'll use her superpowers to leave all the heartbreak
behind. With no idea that Tom's beside her, she boards the plane. Tom has, until they touch down,
to convince her he's there, or he loses her forever...This book is a wonderful, heartbreakingly
funny tribute to love, sweet love.