Rana Dasgupta

I read this one a while ago, and don't recall any details.

Great book. Didn't think much when I started it yesterday, but it kept getting better with each chapter. Has made me look at my middle-class life in a metropolitan city differently.

DNF - Finally had to admit defeat around 80% through, I just can't deal with magical realism. Interesting concept for a book and the initial few stories were fine, but I found the majority of the book painful to read.

Highlights -
The Station J Robert Lennon - creepy mysterious observer job
Hair - Young woman cuts hair for wig for new boyfriend's mom
Diminishing Returns - Mapping moving world in rural Africa
Border Documents - Borderlands photo essay
The Lake - Border fresh water lakes from Albania/Italy