Title: A Dead Hand: A Crime in Calcutta
Author: Paul Theroux
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Year: 2009/2010
288 pages
An uneven novel from Theroux, ranging from 2 to 5 stars. Low stars for repetition, unconvincing character development with abrupt changes, and obvious plot with a limp conclusion; high stars for parallelism (albeit sometimes heavy handed), rich description, and overall idea. A good edit would have tightened this up considerably. Good enough for a plane trip, not good enough to recommend.
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