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The fashion for ethnic books is still on, but not all this books are good. If you don't love what I write, you will burn in hell.
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Kiran Desai, a Man Booker winner has given a searing portrayal of degradation of life in a hill town due to a local political agitation. It starts very haphazardly but manages to grip your attention in the latter stages of the book.
although this book was beautifully written, it was a bit of a downer...
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