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By Betsy · 11 posts · 28 views
By Betsy · 11 posts · 28 views
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Feb 11, 2012
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I don't even know how to begin to review this book. I listened to it on audio as it is in my Man Booker prize winner reading list and it was buy one get one free on Audible.com.
So, lets just say it is a whack book - slightly off kilter. It is about a man, Balram, from a small village in India becoming a driver for a wealthy man in New Deli. The narrator is fantastic with his Indie accent. Balram is telling his life story in letter format to the Prime Minister of China. There are parts that are ...more
So, lets just say it is a whack book - slightly off kilter. It is about a man, Balram, from a small village in India becoming a driver for a wealthy man in New Deli. The narrator is fantastic with his Indie accent. Balram is telling his life story in letter format to the Prime Minister of China. There are parts that are ...more
While this book captures India, has beautiful prose and flows effortlessly, I didn't feel any empathy at all for the main character Balram. I think without knowing it, I must have expected too much due to it being a Booker Prize winner and all the hype. Still, an enjoyable read that I am glad I read.
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