Delhi is a beautiful city. Khushwant Singh is a great writer. When a good writer gets to write about a beautiful thing, I am not sure why he has to make his writing very ugly. This so called historical fiction is dreadfully bad and full of erotic. Almost all the characters in this book are ugly. It is very difficult to tolerate the kind of ugly words being used throughout the book.
I appreciate the usage of the language in different styles and tones based on the background of the narrator of the story from different times and different group. However, I felt the post independent and 1857 revolt narrations to be very long.
The author has really introduced a lot of monuments in Delhi. Still he missed out a lot more. Also, it is not the complete history of the city. He had chosen to narrate only few incidents.
Had the author avoided the ugly language, the book could have been more interesting.
I appreciate the usage of the language in different styles and tones based on the background of the narrator of the story from different times and different group. However, I felt the post independent and 1857 revolt narrations to be very long.
The author has really introduced a lot of monuments in Delhi. Still he missed out a lot more. Also, it is not the complete history of the city. He had chosen to narrate only few incidents.
Had the author avoided the ugly language, the book could have been more interesting.
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