A review by littletaiko
The Golden Son by Shilpi Somaya Gowda

4.0

It was a pleasant surprise when I picked up this book to find that part of it is set in Dallas which is where I live. It's sometimes tricky to read about your city in a work of fiction without getting bogged down in the details and what they got right or wrong. I chuckled over Parkland Hospital being renamed to Parkview but thought that overall the author did a nice job of nailing some of the highlights of the city, especially White Rock Lake. However Dallas is really a small part of the story.

India and the culture there dominates the story of Anil, the favored older son who has dreams of becoming a doctor. During his quest he has to deal with the problem of not quite fitting into either world.