Have just begun it but already enjoying it. It does seem to bring to life a certain Thai ambience such as is to be found in Thai films.
This is the book for you if you do not like action, if you enjoy pages and pages of the protagonist’s introspection, if you enjoy a warped view of the “natives”, if you enjoyed Kipling and Maugham…
In short, The Godfather of Kathmandu is yet another product of a writer who has obviously attended classes of some sort on How to Write Novels, who believes in his 1000 words per day regime.
Charming at first, in a caricaturistic way, the novel begins to pall when page after page plods painfully through what looks like a Lobsang Rampa bizarro world.
Initially, the reading conjured shades of an Oxide Pang movie: the greenish hue, the odd shred of horror thrown in…
And here and there, there is, admittedly, something of some small worth: a description of a mall rings quite genuine, for example.
But, mostly, a book to give the miss!
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By ashokbhats
on 12-Mar-2013
Extremely thrilling book.
The first book of the Inheritance cycle.
This book portrays the the life of a poor farm boy eragon who fins a polished blue stone in the spine.His life is completely transformed from a poor farm boys life to a dragon riders life .A dragon hatches from the stone which was actually an egg. He names her Saphira who is a bright scale dragon which is Saphire in color.He does not allow anyone to know about hi discovery and raises Saphira.One night his secret is relieved by an aged story teller Brom who protects him ,teaches him magic and also swordsmanship Eragon later discovers Brom was himself a dragon rider.He also makes friends with Murtah. Murtah saves his life on a number of occations and gains trust.Eragon later finds out he was the dragon riders Morzan son who betrayed the eldor council and destroyed the remaining dragon riders.To his good fortune he also meets an elf named Arya during his journey who he saves from a shade named durza .Later whit the help of srying her he gets to know the location of the varden who he joins to defeat the evil king Galbatorex.He is well trained by the varden comprizing of elves and a few humans.He also meets Ajhad a leader of the varden. The following day an army comprizing of urgals and Kull break into the furthen dur and rage a very ferocious battle can Eragon and his dragon Saphira protect the varden and engrave their names into history.Can they defeat Galbatorex and secure the future of alageisia read the book to find out more....
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By t.n.venkatesh
on 11-Mar-2013
An extremely well-written book by Dalrymple set in 18th century India. Along with the main plot involving the British resident to the Nizam's kingdom and his Indian wife, the social and cultural life of that period, the politics and conflicts are brought to life. Extensive research has gone into the writing of the book. If more authors wrote this way, interest in history would increase tremendously.
Incubated Enterprise
on 13-Mar-2013
Have just begun it but already enjoying it. It does seem to bring to life a certain Thai ambience such as is to be found in Thai films. This is the book for you if you do not like action, if you enjoy pages and pages of the protagonist’s introspection, if you enjoy a warped view of the “natives”, if you enjoyed Kipling and Maugham… In short, The Godfather of Kathmandu is yet another product of a writer who has obviously attended classes of some sort on How to Write Novels, who believes in his 1000 words per day regime. Charming at first, in a caricaturistic way, the novel begins to pall when page after page plods painfully through what looks like a Lobsang Rampa bizarro world. Initially, the reading conjured shades of an Oxide Pang movie: the greenish hue, the odd shred of horror thrown in… And here and there, there is, admittedly, something of some small worth: a description of a mall rings quite genuine, for example. But, mostly, a book to give the miss!
on 12-Mar-2013
Extremely thrilling book. The first book of the Inheritance cycle. This book portrays the the life of a poor farm boy eragon who fins a polished blue stone in the spine.His life is completely transformed from a poor farm boys life to a dragon riders life .A dragon hatches from the stone which was actually an egg. He names her Saphira who is a bright scale dragon which is Saphire in color.He does not allow anyone to know about hi discovery and raises Saphira.One night his secret is relieved by an aged story teller Brom who protects him ,teaches him magic and also swordsmanship Eragon later discovers Brom was himself a dragon rider.He also makes friends with Murtah. Murtah saves his life on a number of occations and gains trust.Eragon later finds out he was the dragon riders Morzan son who betrayed the eldor council and destroyed the remaining dragon riders.To his good fortune he also meets an elf named Arya during his journey who he saves from a shade named durza .Later whit the help of srying her he gets to know the location of the varden who he joins to defeat the evil king Galbatorex.He is well trained by the varden comprizing of elves and a few humans.He also meets Ajhad a leader of the varden. The following day an army comprizing of urgals and Kull break into the furthen dur and rage a very ferocious battle can Eragon and his dragon Saphira protect the varden and engrave their names into history.Can they defeat Galbatorex and secure the future of alageisia read the book to find out more....
on 11-Mar-2013
An extremely well-written book by Dalrymple set in 18th century India. Along with the main plot involving the British resident to the Nizam's kingdom and his Indian wife, the social and cultural life of that period, the politics and conflicts are brought to life. Extensive research has gone into the writing of the book. If more authors wrote this way, interest in history would increase tremendously.