The Inheritance of Loss

Set in the Indian Himalaya, with Nepali and Indian characters; a cooks son sent to America to make his fortune; an orphaned granddaughter growing up in the care of her retired judge grandfather... Nepalis in India not being recognised as Indian resulting in civil unrest.

Really this had all the makings of a great story, and it won the Man-Booker. Hmm, Man-Booker - that means in my experience about a 40% success rate in whether it turns out to be good.

I struggled to hold interest in this, I think one of the problems was the jumping from character to character so quickly - often after a paragraph - you know, four characters on one page - I just found that exhausting. It was probably not helped by the small type, but ultimately it all fell a bit flat.

Two and a half stars for me, rounded up.