Sharing the Editorial Review of 'The Next Door Raghu' by Award Winning Australian Author and Critic, T O Smith. Tabitha Ormiston-Smith's Reviews The Next Door Raghu by Biju Vasudevan (Goodreads Author) Tabitha Ormiston-Smith's review Oct 07, 2017
Little Raghu is a thoroughly disreputable child. He lies, he cheats, he steals, he is a bootlicking toady and a manipulator. Yet one can't help liking him.
The Next Door Raghu offers a respite from the endlessly goody-goody 'perfect children' in most children's literature, and as well, for the Western child it offers a fascinating look into what it is really like for a small boy living in India.
The story is intriguing and well told, and I laughed out loud many times. Vasudevan's English is not perfect, but it is at no time difficult to follow, and the occasional strange usage confers a pleasantly exotic tone on his narrative, much as the lilt of an Irish or Italian accent can enhance the sound of a speaker. I have been following this author's work since his first book was published, and in my opinion this is his best work to date. The links to the reviews are-
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Sharing the Editorial Review of 'The Next Door Raghu' by Award Winning Australian Author and Critic, T O Smith.
Tabitha Ormiston-Smith's Reviews
The Next Door Raghu
by Biju Vasudevan (Goodreads Author)
Tabitha Ormiston-Smith's review
Oct 07, 2017
Little Raghu is a thoroughly disreputable child. He lies, he cheats, he steals, he is a bootlicking toady and a manipulator. Yet one can't help liking him.
The Next Door Raghu offers a respite from the endlessly goody-goody 'perfect children' in most children's literature, and as well, for the Western child it offers a fascinating look into what it is really like for a small boy living in India.
The story is intriguing and well told, and I laughed out loud many times. Vasudevan's English is not perfect, but it is at no time difficult to follow, and the occasional strange usage confers a pleasantly exotic tone on his narrative, much as the lilt of an Irish or Italian accent can enhance the sound of a speaker. I have been following this author's work since his first book was published, and in my opinion this is his best work to date.
The links to the reviews are-
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2144153344?book_show_action=false&from_review_page=1
https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/R1DE0C9QY0N3HD/ref=cm_cr_dp_d_rvw_ttl?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B075KBPSKK