I liked this book but for some reason it left a weird sensation while I read it, like the main character, Gogol/Nikhil, was just walking around most of his life in a daze and it left me feeling like I was walking with him in that daze. (Maybe that's what the author intended?) His parents were both born in India and move to the US and Gogol was born there. Although he lead mostly a very Americanized life, I felt like he was struggling throughout most of it, mostly because of his name and not because of his heritage. It was just kind of weird. I am sure I would never watch the movie if they ever made one... it would be way too slow and depressing!