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 :Ouch! The accusation of being male I accept, but I'm afraid I must take issue with the accusation of being American ;) Seems like you have had a few bad experiences with the notability rule, but don't worry, this case won't add to your woes. The book is perfectly notable, and the sources you provided are more than enough. The step you were missing was to add them to the article as inline citations, and I've done that for you. Who was the famous Indian writer removed a couple of years ago as ""non-notable"", by the way? There may be something we can do about that. —   "