Having started earning and all, I let myself more leeway these days on buying the stuff. My choice tends to be:
- Nonfiction on subjects that interest me or
- Fiction I don't tire of after a single read. The first read would come from a library of course!
As I was going around the place, I heard a recording of Purandaradasa compositions in the Tanjore Namasankirtana style, which immediately took my fancy. The sellers turned out to be Giri Traders of Madras.
The Strand Book Sale that I visited yesterday offers (the Sale is still on) considerable discounts, starting at 20% and going upto 80. I bought a P.G. Wodehouse (Uncle Fred) omnibus at 25% less. However I could not find the collection of Somerset Maugham's short stories that I was looking for, or anything much on Western classical music.
Still, if you are in Bangalore and love books, don't miss the Strand Sale!
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