This book by the Trinidad-born Indian author of A Turn in the
South ( LJ 3/1/89) elicits pity, anger, disgust, and a sense of
betrayal at India's development since Independence. It tells of an
India gone wrong, filled with economic and political corruption.
Violence between conflicting religions and a greedy society
obsessed with self-interest has smashed the idealism and hope of
Nehru's developing secular India. Unfortunately, Naipaul
concentrates on urban life, interviewing business, religious, and
mob leaders in Bombay, Madras, Calcutta, and Delhi while ignoring
the rural villages where the majority of India's people live. The
result is an unfocused work of social-political commentary that is
fine for public libraries but adds nothing new to more specialized
collections. Previewed in Prepub Alert, LJ 9/15/90-- John F.
Riddick, Central Michigan Univ. Lib., Mt. Pleasant
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