The Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize (the shortlist for which was announced in August) has gone to Mohammed Hanif's fine satire A Case of Exploding Mangoes. My review of that book is here. (Earlier post about Shakti here.)
I found "Mangoes" miles better than "White Tiger". That may be, in part, because I know far less about Pakistan than I do about India and therefore cannot pick holes in Haneef's story.
But this year's Booker selection still confounds me.
I found "Mangoes" miles better than "White Tiger". That may be, in part, because I know far less about Pakistan than I do about India and therefore cannot pick holes in Haneef's story.
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J.A.P.
white tiger is a dumb stupid book, glorified without merit.
ReplyDeleteCase of exploding mangoes should have won the Booker this year.
Liked "Mangoes" a lot, but "Netherland" was my favourite from the Booker longlist -- magical book.
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