Chowringhee

This feels like an observation of the author's time in an upmarket hotel in Calcutta in the early 1960s. Every employee seemed to fear for their jobs when something went wrong, even when it was hardly the employee's fault, and that kind of reminds me of some rental property owners I have met and their attitudes to the tenants. Bland and dull writing and far too long-winded dialogue about very little made this an utter bore for me personally. It took all of my energy to finish.