A review by cheriekg
Holy Cow: An Indian Adventure by Sarah Macdonald

3.0

I'll say this for Sarah Macdonald: she knows her way around a vivid description. By the time you finish this, you will know exactly how India looks, smells, tastes, and sounds. (The answer is all of those things, incidentally, is "overwhelming.") She is adept at describing both the casual callousness and casual beauty of this country. I felt this was stronger in the beginning and end, the middle procession through her religious explorations was too pat and structured. She was better when she did the prose equivalent of waving her hands at India and saying "What the hell!"