A Great Read...

Animal's People by Indra Sinha is a disturbing, genuine, warm, raw and intelligent novel about a young man fully engaged in life. A life disrupted by chemical disaster, loss, extreme crippling, poverty and love. Animal runs the streets on all fours after a chemical accident twists his spine into a lateral position. Born perfect , left on the convent doorstep by desperate parents after the local American chemical factory explodes, Animal is cared for and taught by nuns. He is bright, intelligent, caring and angry, for he knows the difference between to have and to have not. We follow him through a modern story of exploitation by those that have. In the end he finds justice, poetry, compassion, healing and place. The story ends with these words; Khuda hafez. Go well. Remember me. All things pass, but the poor remain. We are the people of the Akropolis. Tomorrow there will be more of us. And somehow I feel hopeful!