Literary References
G.V. Desani, Russell and Singh (eds.), London, 1952. (Comments and summarizes discussion on All About H. Hatterr and Hali.)
Indian Literature,"Desai Versus Desani: Norms of Appreciation", Raja Narasimha, July‑December, 1973, Vol. XVI, (Nos. 283).
The Second Writers Workshop Literary Reader, P. Lal (ed.), "G.V. Desani", S.V. Vasudev, Writers Workshop, Calcutta, 1973.
Studies in Modern Indian Fiction in English, Vol. 2, H.M. Williams, Chapter VI, "Govind Desani and Others", Writers Workshop, Calcutta, 1973, (pp. 17).
World Literature Written in English, "Dialogue in G.V. Desani's All About H. Hatterr", Prof. D.M. Bujorjee (Montgomery College) in Vol. 13, No. 2., University of Texas at Arlington, 1974.
Themes in Indo‑Anglian Literature, M.D. Melwani, Chapter 21, "Introducing G.V. Desani's Work", (p. 100), Prakesh Book Depot, Bareilly, 1977.
"Novel as Gesture or What Has G.V. Desani in Common with Heller, Shakespeare, Freud, Defoe, Hopkins ...", S.C. Harrex, the Flanders University of South Australia (paper read at Jawaharlal University, New Delhi, January, 1977, ACLAL Conference).
"G.V. Desani's Hali", paper read at ACLAL Conference, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, January, 1977, by K.S. Ramamurti (Truchy).
Considerations, M. Mukherjee (ed.), Chapter 8, "The Strangeness of G.V. Desani", by R. Narasimhan, Allied Publishers, New Delhi, 1977.
The Fire and the Offering: The English Language Novel of India, 1935‑1970, Vol. II, S.C. Harrex, Chapter VI, "G.V. Desani: Mad Hatterr Sage", pp. 37, Writers Workshop, Calcutta, 1978.
The Critical Response, "The Counterfeit Hero: Desani's Hatterr and Naipaul's Ralph Sing", D. Raghuacharyulu, pp.27‑137, MacMillan, Madras, 1980.
Modern Indian Fiction, an episode in, All About H. Hatterr (pp.15), Profs. Shahane and S. Cowasji (University of Regina), Vikas, Delhi, 1981.
G.V. Desani, Writer and Worldview, M. Ramanujan, Arnold‑Heinemann, Delhi, (pp. 172), 1984.
Dimensions of Indian English Literature, M.K. Naik, Chapter 11, "Colonial Experience in All About H. Hatterr, (pp. 10), Sterling Publishers PVT LTD, New Delhi, 1984.
The Literary Criterion, "G.V. Desani: All About H. Hatterr", C.N. Srinath, Mysore, 1985.
Studies in Indian Fiction in English, G.S.B. Gupta (ed.), chapter entitled, "All About H. Hatterr: A Philosophical Comedy", JIWE Publications, Gulbargo (India), 1987.
- Contemporary Novelists in English, University of New York, Albany. (Includes a summary of All About H. Hatterr by Prof. Parry D. Westbrook.) (No date.)
- Counterrealism and Indo-Anglian Fiction, Chelva Kanaganayakam, Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2002. Chapter 3, "H. Hatterr and Sauce Anglaise: G.V. Desani", pp. 50-73. The copyrighted material is available as of this writing at this link.
Introduction, The Vintage Book of Indian Writing: 1947-1997, edited by Salman Rushdie and Elizabeth West, Vintage, London, 1997.
On the far side of baa: Salvaging the Enchanted in All About H. Hatterr, Jan Küveler, Ein Moderner Web site (pp. 24), Columbia University, 2005.
- A Talent(ed) Digger, Creations, Cameos, and Essays in honour of Anna Rutherford, article entitled, "The Post-Colonial Gesture", Paul Sharrad, Rodopi, Amsterdam - Atlanta, GA, 1996. The book is available as of this writing through the following link.
- Re-Introducing All About H. Hatterr, Amardeep Singh, Assistant Professor of English, Lehigh University web site, 2005.