'That rare literary novel that has appeal for everyone who reads it Hindu Business Line, 'A riveting book . . . the landscape is so potently visual that you can picturise each scene even as you process the words Asian Age .'One of the triumphs of this novel is that it is able to evoke the culture and the linguistic ground it is rooted in without groaning with effort Indian Express .'Dexterous, unabashedly ambitious, and altogether inventive in its use of language The Hindu .'Each sentence is lush and dense with detail like the ber trees that once thrived in Old Delhi Hindustan Times .'Not many novels from the subcontinent have lingered over such a complex, intimate canvas with as much compassion and dexterity Mint 'A piercing flower in the desert that is Indian literary fiction in English this year Open..
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