The Impressionist by Hari Kunzru

My reading update will come, um, later. This one first.
I’ve been reading a lot about Britain lately, or at least novels set in Britain and its former colonies. The Impressionist traces the life of Pran Nath, boy with British and Indian blood, with his attempts to survive the societies that are alternately seduced and repulsed [...]

The Armchair Traveler – Challenge List

A day late, but I’m still in.
The Impressionist, Hari Kunzru (India, Britain, etc.)
The Black Dahlia, James Ellroy (Los Angeles)
The Far Side of the World (Aubrey/Maturin novel), Patrick O’Brian (Malta, Atlantic Ocean, South America)
Your Blues Ain’t Like Mine, Bebe Moore Campbell (Mississippi)
The Diamond Age, Neal Stephenson (future-Shanghai, China)
The Reader, Bernhard Schlink (Germany)
I’ve repeated one [...]