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Finished Q&A (aka Slumdog Millionaire) - decent book. Very different from the movie. The book is a set of disjointed stories which comes together in the end very nicely. The movie is a linear narrative and the story is very different.

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^^ ur girlfriend is going to be very disappointed at what excites you

unfinished tales and silmarillion are absolute history books and don't even try to figure - just go with the flow. as it is those elvish and numenorean names are confusing - then jrr added all the valar and melkor's cronies (all the same names). it's worse than reading greek mythology and keeping track of the gods and titans.

:P:exoticdance::blush:

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^^ finished - brilliant book. It's an absolute page turner for the 200 pages - I started it at breakfast and couldn't put it down.

The philosophical differences are spot on and the author's internal struggle is masterfully portrayed. This is not a book given to jingoism or clever rhetoric. Replace Lahore / Pakistan with Delhi / India and the book applies to India as well.

The narrative itself builds up brilliantly and reaches a crescendo in the last chapter perfectly - where the same technique seems hurried in White Tiger, here it is apt.

Spend the 200 Rs and read this one - highly recommended.

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