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You know that kind of novel where you turn to page one, and hours later blink and look down to find hundreds of pages went by? This is that kind of novel. Kaye was born, raised, and spent her early married life in India, and she and her husband came from a long line of British officers that served the British Raj. In fact, given the dedication, Walter Hamilton, a character in the novel, was related to her husband. So she certainly has the credentials to bring the India of the Raj to life, nor is
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I gave this one three stars. 400 pages of it, were really good. The problem was you had to read 550 pages to get there. I honestly don't think that an author has any right to ask you to wade through that much mediocrity to get to the good stuff. I also felt that the book was dated. It was published in 1978. Time had and would continue to pass this author by. In 1976, Roots was published. In, 1980, A Color Purple. It seems hopelessly old fashioned to have as your main character, in Raj India, be
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Apr 05, 2011
Heather (DeathByBook)
marked it as to-read
Jun 06, 2011
Chantal Grech
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Jun 09, 2012
Elda
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