This made me feel good, not really sure why. I have nothing against Monica Ali, never read her book. However it would be good to read someone non-Asian, for a change. Dirty But Clean Pierre (and thats just the author's name) sounds very promising.
The headline 'Australia-born writer wins Booker' was irritating though.
Life of Pi.
ReplyDeleteBy a non Asian as well.. although the way he describes sambar, among other things makes you wonder how he possibly could have only visited India once while writing the book..
You know what, I've been putting off buying/reading Life of Pi because the main character is an Indian. I guess I'll get around to reading it after my irrational irritation with Indian characters in fiction is over ;-)
ReplyDeleteOr maybe after I re-read The God of Small Things and get hooked again