I romped through this book in a week (whilst working! so this may be a new record). This is the story of a young man who leaves 'The Darkness' in India (his village and traditional life) to start life as a driver in Delhi. We start the novel when he is an adult, and a successful entrepreneur who is also a murderer on the run from the law. The story is told in retrospective. A fun read, but I don't think it will be a book that I think about for long.
On an aside - it was interesting to be reading this at the same time as hubby was reading Midnight's Children. I could see an attempt at magical realism, or at least a linking with traditional beliefs, but I don't think it particularly succeeded.
Need to get back to my 1000 novels list...
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