This is set in India and is the story of how Balram, who grew up in poverty, made a better life for himself, his journey and what it cost him.⁣
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This book was the Booker Prize winner of 2008 and I read it with some fellow #bookstagrammers
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It shone a torch on how corrupt and violent life in Indian is and I can definitely see why it won the prize.⁣
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I didn’t hate it but I didn’t love it. It was very easy to read, had some dark humour and was written in a clever style of letters to someone about to visit the country.⁣
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That being said I do think I would read another book by this author to see if it was the story or the author I was so middle of the road about.⁣