false 5985736 12 6159462 2009 Between the Assassinations total:161|5:13|4:59|3:60|2:22|1:7| 161 532 411 45 4 0 false false Fri Oct 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 23 18:57:19 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 23 19:04:54 -0700 2009
That being said, I have learned from this book that I will never go to India. I know...more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Aug 17 21:03:18 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 21:03:18 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 3 false false Tue Jul 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 21 08:49:45 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 21 08:50:10 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jul 30 11:26:23 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 30 11:26:23 -0700 2009 La Comedie Humaine, Adiga intended to write a portrait of Indian life; as such, place and theme, rather than characters, tie together these 14 stories. Each starts with a travel vignette -- a daylong walk around a different section of Kittur -- that introduces the town. Bu...more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Jul 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 04:29:20 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 30 01:43:59 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jul 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 24 04:44:42 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 01 17:40:53 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 21 08:33:35 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 21 08:37:51 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Aug 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 02 20:45:45 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 10 20:14:30 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sat Aug 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 18 15:44:09 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 25 17:40:31 -0700 2009
The format is annoying - it is neither a novel nor an anthology of stories -more a collection of episodes related by setting. The writing is inferior to White Tiger and only after readi...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Jul 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 04 20:59:22 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 04 21:07:35 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 true false Tue Jun 16 13:44:18 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 28 16:39:21 -0700 2009
This is a surprising and disturbing view of India
between the assassination of Indira Gandhi in 1984 and
the assassination of Ravi Gandhi in 1991 in the small
town of Kittur on the Arabian Sea. We meet a dozen or
more citizens from the lowliest caste to the middle ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Jul 24 18:21:49 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 11 17:49:13 -0700 2009 The White Tiger.Between the Assassinations is less a novel than a collection of vignettes about various characters living in and around the city of Kittur, India. Mr Adiga paints powerfully evocative portraits of neighborhoods, people, and ci...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Sep 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 05 08:25:44 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 05 08:33:29 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jun 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 21 16:43:41 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 21 16:51:58 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Oct 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Nov 02 12:10:34 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 02 12:12:23 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Tue Nov 03 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Oct 06 13:33:56 -0700 2009 Tue Nov 03 08:37:48 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jul 14 11:55:57 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 14 12:02:05 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed Aug 26 10:40:21 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 26 10:42:29 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 12 22:37:41 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 16 19:44:56 -0700 2009 The White Tiger, this is still a solid and enjoyable effort by Adiga. ]]> 4 0 false false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Nov 04 15:50:50 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 04 15:55:24 -0800 2009