Product reviews

This book taught me some of the shocking recent history of India, and about the political repression that has taken place in my lifetime. I was ashamed that I knew little to nothing about it. It spurred me into findng out more! This was my first RM, and I subsequently read the rest - all 10/10. He is a Parsi, so reading his books about family life will also tell you a lot about Zoroastrianism. Fabulous! I just wish he'd write some more!

Love, love this book! Beautifully written, sensitive, thought provoking and funny all at once. Slightly trite ending but almost perfect.

I was lent this by a friend, who handed it over with the caveat "and you can call me any time of the day or night to talk about it when you finish it" which piqued my curiosity.

Even if it sounds outside your usual reading fare, (it was mine) I can't recommend it enough. I was hooked from the opening page and couldn't concentrate on much else until I finished it.

Makes a Real Impression.

I was amazed and delighted to find my number one book in the top spot on the reviews table. I read it a couple of months after spending the most incredible six months in India and it made a huge and lasting impression on me.

It reflects the compassion, eccentricity, corruption and poverty that was India at the time simply perfectly. Some regard it as a depressing, shocking read but I also found it stragely uplifting and enjoyed the occasional bizarrely comical vignette.

Quite simply an epic, beautifully crafted and stands head and shoulders above any other book I have ever read.

I am so happy to find my favourite book in this review list. It is such an amazing and touching story and will stay with you long after you have finished reading it. I have actually read it a few times now and a book really does not get better than this one.