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A review by macloo
The Glass Palace by Amitav Ghosh
5.0
The fall of Burma to the British, and what happened after that. If you are interested in colonialism or Southeast Asia or India (or the British Indian Army), it's a must-read. Although I've read a lot of books about Malaya (later Malaysia), this is one of the first books I ever read about Burma (now Myanmar).
Wonderful writing, strong characters, a sweeping geographical scope, but pretty much tracking the course of one man's life, from his youth in Mandalay to his old age.
Wonderful writing, strong characters, a sweeping geographical scope, but pretty much tracking the course of one man's life, from his youth in Mandalay to his old age.