Lagniappe: an unserious blog
This post really should just be an e-mail to E.
Tyler Cowen is very impressed with Mumbai-mean-streets novel Sacred Games. [MR; NYT]
A book for Esquiver
A Culture of Corruption: Everyday Deception and Popular Discontent in Nigeria (via MR). [Princeton U. Press]

Side-note: My Lord, the Barnes & Noble web-site is poorly designed. But their gift cards aren't good on Amazon.