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Report this review From: Booklover on 08-Sep-08 14:09 Overall rating 10.0
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.

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Report this review From: bunny3 on 29-Jul-08 22:02 Overall rating 10.0
I read this in hospital during labour with my first baby. I couldnt put it down!! It is a fantastically written story set in India in the 70's. The main characters are two tailors (uncle and nephew) and the story follows the (sometimes cruel and even heartbreaking) twists and turns of their lives.

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Report this review From: changer22 on 06-Jul-08 20:54 Overall rating 10.0
Just fantastic. It teaches you things about India you didn't know you didn't know and realise you didn't really want to know either. It brings out all sorts of emotions but it entertains at the same time. I haven't felt the same about other Rohinton Mistry's books but I think everthing came together in this one. I usually give it as a present for teenagers in my extended family. Bit of a kick up the bum when they think their life is hard...

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Report this review From: choosyfloosy on 20-May-08 12:22 Overall rating 10.0
Looks challenging, but grabs you right from the start; a train, two men going somewhere and having a grumpy, chatty conversation. You just want to know what happens and how the characters get on. Along with that, its voice is as warm as a hand holding yours, but its plot is as hard as steel. This may change your life, your perceptions and your soul. It doesn't get better than this.

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