Life of Pi ebook 20p!

[bigboss]

On Amazon.

 

[hammill]

20p too much.

 

[bigboss]

It is actually a very good read. It won the Booker prize as well.

 

[hammill]

I would not have commented if I had not read it and of course I knew it had won the booker. I buy.my wife the booker shortlist every year (cheap at the book people if you are interested) and many of the books are awful. I struggled to the end of Pi but wished I had not bothered.

 

[BenLaw]

It had plenty of failings and was too much of a 'book club' book but there were some really nice touches (the protagonist's religion/s, the creepy island) and I certainly would not dismiss it as worthless. Many people will get a great deal of pleasure out of it, and at 20p it is well worth trying. Plus it doesn't have any Coldplay songs in it! 😉

Did you guys read White Tiger?

 

[bigboss]

Yes. I really liked White Tiger. Aravind Adiga's style of writing is quite different and engaging I thought. 🙂

 

[BenLaw]

Likewise. I thought White Tiger was a very thought provoking book. How fair did you think its portrayal of aspects of India was?

 

[bigboss]

Well, he did capture the main themes plaguing the Indian society: corruption, dowry system (getting rarer now in bigger cities now), caste & class divide but went OTT with it. Corruption is there, but not so bad.

 

[fr0g]

I loved "Life of Pi". So a great bargain, but I already have the paper version.