quiz

Published: Fri 17 Apr 2009, 11:07 PM

Last updated: Thu 2 Apr 2015, 8:17 AM

1) David Gregory Roberts loves the pulse of Mumbai in his book Shantaram and it is a mutual feeling for the people of Mumbai. They gave him an affectionate name. What is that name?

2) In Colombia, just after the Great War, an old man falls from a ladder; dying, he professes great love for his wife. After the funeral, a man calls on the widow — she dismisses him angrily. One of Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s finer books made into a movie of the same title.Name the book.

3) The true story of the Irish enchantress Brida O’Fern, and her path through the Wicca pagan tradition, is portrayed in which book?

4) Name Barack Hussein Obama’s first book.

5) P G Wodehouse is renowned for his Jeeves and Wooster stories. Who was the lead character in his Uncle Fred stories?

— Compiled by Jethu Abraham

The winner of this quiz will get an AED 100 gift voucher redeemable at any of Jashanmal’s Bookstores. In case there are more than one set of correct replies, the winner will be chosen

by a lucky draw. Send in your entries to

ktbooksquiz@gmail.com, along with your full name, age and contact details.

April 10 Books Quiz winner

Petula Palmer

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