In the vein of the opening of Life of Pi, or perhaps more aptly like Slumdog Millionaire, this story gives a true glimpse of the underbelly of India. I found myself not wanting to accept that the horrible parts of society mentioned were reality but it was told with such conviction that it's hard not to be true. Far from a happy ending it is awful yet satisfying in some weird way. A sign of a well-written book that it can have that effect. Read in a week while in Melbourne I burned through the final 100 pages on the last day without problem.
8.5
(Fall 2010, Melbourne)
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