Calcutta: Two Years in the City

I gave it 50 pages, and have given up on it for now.
Perhaps it is a case of the wrong book at the wrong time, but it is just too slow for me. The blurb states “author Amit Chaudhuri has been widely praised for the beauty and subtle power of his writing and for the ways in which he makes “place” as complex a character as his men and women.” which is accurate - the writing is very good, but it may be too subtle and slow for me to get hold of - perhaps in general, but perhaps just for now.