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Victoria & Abdul
by Shrabani Basu
I picked up this book after enjoying the movie. I think the author did a good job of chronicling the relationship between the queen and Abdul Karim. But this is one of those rare cases where I preferred the movie to the book. The pedestrian prose made the book more of a slog. And the movie was able to communicate an imagining of the spark that Abdul Karim possessed that made him such a favorite of the queen. I'm glad I read this and I did learn some new information from the book. It's a remarkable story.