This book is one of the finest books ever written, and that, my friend, is not a small feat. this book is fiction at its best, the characters are drawn into a vortex where the whirlwind called life brings their past and present together, and hence their future are all tied. this book is all about india coming of age. a must read by all. I dont want to revel what happens in the story, but once u have started it , u’ll be drawn toward it and be a part of it. you’ll laugh together with the characters and cry with them. believe me, you’ll come away breathless. mistry is a writer who is not afraid to tell the story as it is, with life’s irony, he tells it with honesty. he deals with human emotions with with ease and flaunts their dreams and watch them come to a crashing end. if u miss this novel, u’ll be missing a true gem.