MixedLos Angeles Review of BooksMishra’s depiction of this deprivation is never voyeuristic, never approaches the poverty porn that such a setting might inspire ... Mishra’s evocation of caste is all the more powerful for its sensitivity, for its never being fully explained ... The portion of the book set in London also shows some of its weaknesses ... But the dialogue as a whole is a more widespread and serious problem. Oh, the dialogue! It confounds and frustrates and brutally derails the narrative.
