A review by susanlawson
The Glass Palace by Amitav Ghosh

5.0

An epic saga focussed on Burma though the 20th century and specifically the fortunes of Rajkumar, a poor boy who becomes a successful businessman working between India, Burma and Malaya under British colonial rule. He meets Dolly, a servant of the Burmese king when the royal family is evacuated to India from Mandalay and tracks her down and marries her years later. We follow the fortunes of their children as the Japanese invade Malaya and work their way north through Burma and the story ends with their grand-daughter, Jaya, tracking down her uncle Dinu, in Rangoon.