Sunday, November 9, 2008

The Elephanta Suite

Title: The Elephanta Suite
Author: Paul Theroux
Penguin, 2008 (2007)

This book contains three novellas about modern-day-India. The different protagonists are all looking and expecting something particular from India and getting something entirely different. The first two pieces were alright, but when I got to the third one I felt that Theroux was wasting my time. There are a lot of other things written about India that are more interesting.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

And which are they?

Anonymous said...

The most fantastic one is "A Suitable Boy". 1500 pages that are actually worth the time. By Vikram Seth. Enjoy!/The Poor Player