Hilarious novel, packed with laughs and swoons, along with a couple of unbearably embarrassing moments. Well, for me, at least. Shamim Sarif is an accomplished author, and truly knows her way with words. Her passionate descriptions, of, well, everything, left a definite taste on my tongue, as did...
This book was very entertaining with a lot of different characters put together. The different culture presented in this book what's something different that I truly enjoyed. It was confusing at times when it kept changing character's point of view. Also, I think this book should of developed bet...
I read this book in more than a week, which for 350 pages is quite a long time for me. This is because despite the aura of mystery, Communism and international spying, I never found it fascinating enough to read for long stretches at a time.Fastidious is probably the word that describes it better...
The elderly woman’s arrival in South Africa from India had caused a commotion in the Harjan household which seemed to affect everyone except her only granddaughter. It would probably have made a difference to Amina too, were it not for the fact that she was simply not there, and could not be foun...
Having been unable to find any sign of lesbian women around her for years, they now seemed to be everywhere.The previous week, in the coffee shop down the road from the office where she had stopped to pick up a drink, she was flirted with by the female barista. And not more than a few days later,...