I found this a strange read ; I felt as though I was being given an insight, a lesson, into a part of life and a place and that was valuable. The lesson was also into the impact of the post colonial conditions on the place and people. I kept waiting to understand more about Salim or to ‘see him’ or for a plot to unfold as such but it’s more like a diary or a relation of events over a period of time. I need to sit with this one but I suspect it will stick with me.