Penny Pinching unparalled - with fascism as a side order

Take up #ShortTakesLongMemories to learm more about the dictator Salazar who, as P.G. Wodehouse so eloquently put it, "would walk ten miles in tight shoes to pick up tuppence"

Available at:

http://www.rupapublications.co.in/client/Book/Short-Takes-Long-Memories.aspx

A fascinating first-person account of Goa's history - Short Takes Long Memories review in Paperback Pickings in The Telegraph, Calcutta July 29, 2011

An account of Goa's history by someone closely associated with the centers of powers, both in Portugal and in India

http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110729/jsp/opinion/story_14295938.jsp

A fascinating story that tells a lot about the life and times of a generation ago

Featuring Short Takes long Memories by the Third Thursday Goa Book Club.

The verdict:  Interesting and insightful