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Date: 2010-07-29 07:27 am (UTC)author: vikram seth
why: the description is so sensory it draws the reader in; it has as its backdrop the independence of an ENTIRE COUNTRY and manages to make that work; and it blends comedy with tragedy in an effortless mix of bitterness and wryness. it doesn't shy away from big themes (queerness! race! caste! religion! colonialism!), and it packs a hefty punch.