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Sonia Faleiro is an award-winning reporter and writer. She is the author of a book of fiction, The Girl (Viking, 2006) and one book of non-fiction, Beautiful Thing: Inside the Secret World of Bombay’s Dance Bars (Hamish Hamilton India, 2010/Grove Atlantic, 2012).

The New York Times hailed Beautiful Thing as ‘an intimate and valuable piece of reportage that will break your heart several times over.’ The Sunday Times (UK) called it ‘a tour de force of reportage, whose depth, insight and resonance make it the equal of the best fiction’ while The Observer praised it as a ‘brilliant investigative foray into the dance bars of Bombay.’

Beautiful Thing was an Observer, Guardian, and Economist Book of the Year, Time Out Subcontinental Book of the Yea...more

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	Beautiful Thing: Inside the Secret World of Bombay's Dance Bars 3.65 of 5 stars 3.65 avg rating — 286 ratings — published 2010 — 11 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Girl 2.63 of 5 stars 2.63 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2006 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Reflected in Water: Writings on Goa by Jerry Pinto (Editor), Pria Agni, Alexander Frater 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2006 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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A Hologram for the King

by Dave Eggers

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Gone Girl

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Sonia Faleiro rated a book 4 of 5 stars Travels in Siberia by Ian Frazier read in July, 2012	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Sonia Faleiro rated a book 4 of 5 stars Unnatural Selection: Choosing Boys over Girls and the Consequences of a World Full of Men by Mara Hvistendahl (Goodreads Author) read in July, 2012	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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