PositiveThe Seattle TimesIn The Inheritance of Loss, Desai again sets her story in village India, leavening it with an equal measure of humor. But this second novel is broader in scope, peopled with a more diverse set of characters and shimmering with honesty and humanity … The family's idyllic life is shattered when Nepalese insurgents break into the house one night, seeking Jemubhai's hunting rifles and traumatizing everyone in the process. It is doubtful that the family will ever be able to return to its comfortable ways … This novel is finely accomplished in the way it makes connections between private lives and public events.
