At the Guardian, Hunter tagged a top ten list of stories about Indian families, including:The In Between World of Vikram Lall by MG VassanjiRead about the other entries on the list.
This begins with escalating tensions with Lall's family, third-generation Indians living in Kenya. Bad Things Are Going To Happen in this study of what happens when the family is suspended between two mutually suspicious cultures. Vassanji is an expert at capturing the family's confusion and shifting identities during the corruption and power-crazy period of Jomo Kenyatta's post-independence presidency.
--Marshal Zeringue
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