Ethnically insightful with political undertones and set in the anarchic Indian province of Bihar of the 1990s, ‘Patna Blues’ follows the life of Arif, a boy born in a segregated poor neighbourhood. He works hard to realise his dream of joining Indian Administrative Service until a middle-aged married woman, Sumitra, crosses his path and changes the course of his life forever. The backdrop of the story is the socio-political conflicts that impacted India in the 1990s.
REVIEWS:
FRIDAY TIMES: https://www.thefridaytimes.com/india-and-the-others/
BALOCHISTAN VOICES: https://balochistanvoices.com/2019/09/book-review-patna-blues/
HINDUSTAN TIMES: https://www.hindustantimes.com/books/review-patna-blues-by-abdullah-khan/story-xp8mI7H85dMciR6l23oYqJ.html
DAILY O: https://www.dailyo.in/arts/patna-blues-abdullah-khan-book-review-patna-hindu-muslim-divide/story/1/28385.html
DAILY STAR: https://www.thedailystar.net/literature/news/patna-blues-travails-minority-community-1709227
SUNDAY GUARDIAN: https://www.sundayguardianlive.com/culture/story-hopes-aspirations-failures-disappointments
BUSINESS STANDARD: https://www.business-standard.com/article/beyond-business/small-town-sisyphus-118120701263_1.html
HINDU BUSINESSLINE: https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/blink/read/patna-blues-holding-on-to-hope/article25576594.ece
DHAKA TRIBUNE: https://www.dhakatribune.com/magazine/arts-letters/2019/09/14/patna-blues-chronicles-of-communal-tension-and-forbidden-romance
SCROLL: https://scroll.in/article/894379/this-patna-novel-is-not-just-about-differences-and-disappointments-its-a-tribute-to-the-90s
ODISHA LIVE: https://odisha.live/2019/03/24/book-review-patna-blues/
NEW INDIAN EXPRESS: http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/hyderabad/2019/apr/30/sincere-storytelling-but-trite-twists-1970877.html
DAILY TIMES: https://dailytimes.com.pk/316987/patna-blues-a-bold-statement-on-plight-of-minorities-in-india/
KITAAB: https://kitaab.org/2019/01/30/book-review-patna-blues-by-abdullah-khan/
AFTERNOON VOICE: https://www.afternoonvoice.com/patna-blues.html
DIVYA BHASKAR: https://dbpost.com/of-aspirations-disappointments-and-desire-in-patna/
THE BRIDGE CHRONICLE: https://www.thebridgechronicle.com/lifestyle/art-culture/midst-ups-and-downs-life-has-go-35626
LIST OF PUBLISHERS
English (Juggernaut Books, Delhi)
Arabic (Al Arabi Publishers, Cairo)
Kannada (Nav Karnataka Publishers, Bangalore)
Hindi (Manjul Publishing House, Bhopal)
Bangla (Doshor Books, Kolkata)
Punjabi (White Crow Publisher, Mohali)
Marathi (Mehta Publishing House, Pune )
Malayalam (Manjul Publishing House, Kochi )
Tamil (Ethir Veeliyedu, Pollachi)
Telugu ( Anvikshiki Publishers, Hyderabad )
ABDULLAH KHAN 