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Bogdan
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Socio-political novel that it is quite well written, following the personal life of a Parsi family in Bombay in a period of history's turmoil. Rohinton manages not to transform it into a history lesson while keeping the relevant messages about history at large quite present in the novel. Well done! ...more
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