A Burning by Megha Majumdar

I picked up this one because this was recommended by Amitav Ghosh not that I'm blaming him for his recommendation. You always hear it from somebody and pick up the book. If it lives up to your expectations or not depends on the dynamic between the writer and the reader because somebody who is recommending had been a reader once but a different reader.

This is a debut novel and you can see it in the first ten pages.

It felt like the whole plot is taken from the recent headlines, and was put together to get this. If you follow the news you can see the connection with most of the characters.

Megha has a long way to go and it is definitely not the best debut novel but I'll be looking forward to more.

Peace