Press Clippings
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November 19th, 2013
In the spring of 2010, Vanessa Able started a 10,000 kilometer drive across India in a Tata Nano, the world’s cheapest car. She documented her journey on a blog called the Nano Diaries, which she turned into her first book, The Nanologues, published in May 2013.
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Time Out
June 07, 2013
Just 50km into her journey, along the dark road from Mumbai to the seaside town of Nagaon, Vanessa Able and her new Nano almost became a filling for a truck sandwich. For as they struggled up a sharp incline amidst blinding headlights, thunderous horns and daredevil double overtakes, the English writer was convinced that her adventure was heading for a squishy and ignominious ending.
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January 29, 2013
British writer Vanessa Able was editing Time Out Istanbul before she headed to India and bought a Tata Nano, the car that promised to fulfil middle-class India’s dream of owning a car. The Nanologues, Able’s first book, published in May, is a witty account of riding the Nano over 10,000km across India, braving dust and grime, risking accidents and flouting driving rules.