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A review by zehra_nk
Teatime for the Firefly by Shona Patel
3.0
In the first half of the book, I strongly disliked Manik Deb. First, he compares his wife to a train bogie, then he compares her to a cigar and then he leaves her waiting in the middle of the night to engage in debauchery. But I understand that without a trace of these characteristics, he wouldn't be reminiscent of a man from the 1940s.
An enlightening read nonetheless, with vivid portrayals of the history of tea plantation in Assam and parts of East Bengal (now Bangladesh) in British India.
An enlightening read nonetheless, with vivid portrayals of the history of tea plantation in Assam and parts of East Bengal (now Bangladesh) in British India.