JERRY PINTO

First published by a small press in India, Jerry Pintos devastatingly original debut novel has already taken the literary world by storm. Suffused with compassion, humor, and hard-won wisdom, Em and the Big Hoom is a modern masterpiece, and its American publication is certain to be one of the major literary events of the season.Meet Imelda and Augustine, oras our young narrator calls his unusual parentsEm and the Big Hoom. Most of the time, Em smokes endless beedis and sings her way through life. She is the sun around which everyone else orbits. But as enchanting and high-spirited as she can be, when Ems bipolar disorder seizes her she becomes monstrous, sometimes with calamitous consequences for herself and others. This accomplished debut is graceful and urgent, with a one-of-a-kind voice that will stay with readers long after the last page.

On the streets of the vibrant and anarchic city of Mumbai, the film poster is a familiar splash of colour. It is an invitation to the pleasures of Bollywood, the world's largest film industry. This most democratic of art forms meets one of the world's most exciting cinema industries and the result is an explosion of colour, form and typography. Bollywood's film posters have had a long and glorious history that is only now being recognized and noted, and is brilliantly celebrated here in this lavish volume. "Bollywood Posters" is a must-have for film buffs, graphic designers and art-lovers.