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'The story is teeming with life. Saraf's incredible attention to detail brings the sights, sounds and smells of Delhi right off the page!a fascinating read' -- Lianne Kolirin, Daily Express 'Wonderful!Bleak and shocking as well as entertaining and comical, Sujit Saraf's intelligent novel is a remarkable feat.' -- Angela McGee, Sunday Express 'One of the best novels I have read this year' -- Tabish Khair, New Statesman 'Gives a more truthful picture of twenty-first-century India than anything in the earnest pages of the Wall Street Journal!a terrific read' -- Chandak Sengoopta, Independent 'Every self-interested acquaintance, every class and caste, all are pinned down and exposed by Saraf's prose. He has a gift for getting under the skin of a vast range of humanity...highly entertaining' -- Kevin Rushby, Guardian 'Teems with memorable characters and historical figures, plots and subplots!Saraf's rambunctious commentary on the nature of greed and mendacity is enthralling, but it's the lives of the ordinary people that provide the real drama' -- Eithne Farry, Daily Mail 'His cast of characters is large, various and skilfully drawn, and the chaotic life of the city is brilliantly evoked' -- Lindy Burleigh, Daily Telegraph 'the ambitious scope of his epic is remarkable' -- The Observer 20080330
‘The story is teeming with life. Saraf’s incredible attention to detail brings the sights, sounds and smells of Delhi right off the page…a fascinating read’
(Lianne Kolirin, Daily Express )
‘Wonderful…Bleak and shocking as well as entertaining and comical, Sujit Saraf’s intelligent novel is a remarkable feat.’
(Angela McGee, Sunday Express )
'One of the best novels I have read this year'
(Tabish Khair, New Statesman )
‘Gives a more truthful picture of twenty-first-century India than anything in the earnest pages of the Wall Street Journal…a terrific read’
(Chandak Sengoopta, Independent )
‘Every self-interested acquaintance, every class and caste, all are pinned down and exposed by Saraf’s prose. He has a gift for getting under the skin of a vast range of humanity...highly entertaining'
(Kevin Rushby, Guardian )
'Teems with memorable characters and historical figures, plots and subplots…Saraf’s rambunctious commentary on the nature of greed and mendacity is enthralling, but it’s the lives of the ordinary people that provide the real drama’
(Eithne Farry, Daily Mail )
‘His cast of characters is large, various and skilfully drawn, and the chaotic life of the city is brilliantly evoked'
(Lindy Burleigh, Daily Telegraph )
'the ambitious scope of his epic is remarkable' (The Observer )
'Rich in Indian culture and eloquently written...Bleak and
shocking as well as entertaining and comical...a remarkable feat'
'Highly entertaining...Saraf moves his pawns through momentous events with breathtaking subtlety'
'Saraf's incredible attention to detail brings the sights, sounds and smells of Delhi right off the page... enlightening and entertaining...a fascinating read'
'Highly entertaining...Saraf moves his pawns through momentous
events with breathtaking subtlety' --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
'It is one of the best novels I have read this year...powerfully
drawn characters, vivid descriptions and gripping stories'
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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