“He leaves the reader with a realization. The line between those born with choices and those not so lucky is very thin. The side of the divide you’re born on is purely random.”

—  Jeet Thayil

Savita Iyer, Ahrestani in: "Narcopolis by Jeet Thayil Dens and iniquity"

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