This was one tough read. Hard to think how someone not so familiar with our culture can sort of grasp all those innuendos. I sure as hell missed a lot. This is one of those books that you hope would get better and keep on reading. The final 1/4th was the only part that tied up the whole story together for me. Until then I was blinded and distracted which is what the author intended I guess.

He touches a lot of themes about contemporary issues. Maybe a bit too much? From alcoholism, religion, ethnic issues, betting on cricket, corruption in cricket/SLCB/politics, war etc. The writing style which messes up the timeline almost made me DNF at the start.

Maybe in the end it was worth the read, but definitely not going to read this again