Pros: well-written; excellent characterization; quick and easy read; 1975 Booker prize winner
Cons: unsympathetic main characters; frustrating open ending
Intrigued by a 50-year-old family scandal involving her step-grandmother Olivia and a charismatic Indian prince, a young Englishwoman travels to India during the '70s. She has with her the letters that Olivia wrote while living in India, and studies ...
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