A review by bookkate
A Rising Man by Abir Mukherjee

4.0

Maybe could have been a little bit tighter, and some lines here & there sounded a little trite, but then other lines made me laugh out loud with their originality. Most of all, really, really liked the setting - it's set in a place & an era I knew NOTHING about and so greatly enjoyed this. The author (relatively unobtrusively) teaches the reader a lot about the culture, history, economics and politics of early 1900s India. The other highlight is the character of Surrender-not: great dry humor and sharp observations. He and Wyndham make a great duo.