Times of India

Sharp characterization and a fiercely intense style Times of...

India Today

Imposing debut: Nair’s got a style and a future…Rich in local color…explored in fluid prose. Anita Nair has proved her mettle by fathoming the deepest recesses of man’s psyche… India...

Booklist

This is a passionate yet introspective story...

The Hindu Literary Supplement

Anita Nair is a fine writer with a great sense of character vivid knowledge of South Indian culture and an eye for telling detail. She can move from tender compassion to sensuality to raging hatred and is a compelling teller of stories. The Hindu Literary...

Publishers Weekly

Nair has the magical ability to make all her readers feel, briefly, like Kaikurussi villagers in this humorous, imaginative and gracefully written novel. Publishers...