Alice Albinia

Praise for Leela's Book

A bold and delightful novel, executed with energy and flair... Leela's Book is as much a meditation on tensions between brothers and sisters, or between parents and their children, as it is a rumination on th ...

Angel Gurria-Quintana, Financial Times

Leela's Book is a stimulating novel in which Albinia skilfully manages an intricate plot and an enormous, diverse cast of characters. Her immense historical acumen and sophisticated sense of culture have enab ...

Guardian

This is steeped in the tradition of the Indian epic, yet modern and vastly entertaining

Kate Saunders, The Times

A bold and delightful novel, executed with energy and flair... Leela's Book is as much a meditation on tensions between brothers and sisters, or between parents and their children, as it is a rumination on th ...

Angel Gurria-Quintana, Financial Times

Leela's Book is a stimulating novel in which Albinia skilfully manages an intricate plot and an enormous, diverse cast of characters. Her immense historical acumen and sophisticated sense of culture have enab ...

Guardian

This is steeped in the tradition of the Indian epic, yet modern and vastly entertaining

Kate Saunders, The Times

A bold and delightful novel, executed with energy and flair... Leela's Book is as much a meditation on tensions between brothers and sisters, or between parents and their children, as it is a rumination on th ...

Angel Gurria-Quintana, Financial Times

Leela's Book is a stimulating novel in which Albinia skilfully manages an intricate plot and an enormous, diverse cast of characters. Her immense historical acumen and sophisticated sense of culture have enab ...

Guardian

This is steeped in the tradition of the Indian epic, yet modern and vastly entertaining

Kate Saunders, The Times