A Fine Balance (Oprah's Book Club)

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Rohinton Mistry

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4 years, 11 months ago at Jun 10 8:37

JJones

A popular book, especially with Canadians and Oprah. I gave it up at 300 pages, the half way point - a fair go I reckon. The history is interesting starting in pre partition India and whips through time to the mid 1970s. Loads of drama, unrest, atrocities to keep it going. But there’s no decent female characters. Dull.

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Description: With a compassionate realism and narrative sweep that recall the work of Charles Dickens, this magnificent novel captures all the cruelty and corruption, dignity and heroism, of India. The time is 1975. The place is an unnamed city by the sea. The government has just declared a State of Emergency, in whose upheavals four strangers--a ... (more)

Manufacturer : Vintage
Release date : 30 November 2001
ISBN-10 : 140003065X | ISBN-13: 9781400030651

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Oprah's Book Club from '96-'09 (67 books items)

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2008 reading list (119 books items)

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1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die Pt. 1 (163 books items)

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JJones posted a review 4 years, 11 months ago

“A popular book, especially with Canadians and Oprah. I gave it up at 300 pages, the half way point - a fair go I reckon. The history is interesting starting in pre partition India and whips through time to the mid 1970s. Loads of drama, unrest, atrocities to keep it going. But there’s no decent female characters. Dull.” read more

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