by Jeet Thayil
This is another book in the Man Booker Longlist. It takes place in Bombay and is the story of several people whose lives intersect because of their addictions to cocaine and later heroine.
The story is really dark and depressing, all of their lives revolve around getting and using the drugs, they have little if any contact with family and friends because of their addictions. There is affection, loyalty and even love among the addicts. A couple of them do manage to break away from their addictions. However, overall the book is just about their wallowing in their drugs.
I have to say it was difficult to finish the book, I was hoping there might be some redemption but there wasn't as far as I could see, just longing... for the old days.
Not a book I would recommend to anyone unless they want to get depressed. I suppose it could be a cautionary tale.
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