has anyone read the book? is it any good? i know the movie is releasing next month.
im interested in reading desi-type fiction novels…ive heard of one called The Haveli..anyone know about that?
can anyone recommend other titles? thanks!
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The book is really entertaining ... I couldn't relate to it, but it's a good read.
I don't like the guy who they have cast as the lead in the movie. He's good in comedies, but I can't see him doing a serious role. I just don't take him seriously.
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yes book is SO good!
hopefully...movie will b good too...isnt tabu in it?
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tabu, kal penn ..forgot who plays the father
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I read it last year...it was a good book..i didn,t like the ending!
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i started snoring halfway thru the book. im sure its a great book but its just that…it…makes…me…so…
irfan khan plays the father in the movie.
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I wrote like 3-4 papers on that one book, and that was just for one class for one semester 
I liked the book..story was very interesting, very sad in some parts…some of hte characters just pissed me off to no end, esp the whiny “I’m a ABCD< I dont know what I am, am i gori am i desi, i’m neither blahblahblah blah!” jsut annoyed the heck outta me. But i’d definitely read it if i were you. :k:
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You know when I frist started reading that book, I pictured Kal Penn as playing Gogol/Nikhil if the movie ever came out.. and then I found out he WAS playing the lead role 
I’m psychic 
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Moth Smoke is a good book..
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I read the book sometime last year. It was alright. It dragged at times and I did a lot of skimming.
I do want to see the movie though.
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I've read the book. I decided to read it because I LOVED her short stories (Interpreter of Maladies). The book is okay, entertaining generally, and the characters maintain a distance from the reader. I don't really feel for them. They actually made me angry at times and I found it upsetting.
I do feel the movie will be good.
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I do feel the movie will be good.
I hated Moushumi.
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^ YES -- She made me so ANGRY.
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UrgH! I'd say so much more but then I'd be spoiling.
I din'tt hink her character was poorly written, I thought seh was just a very poor character'ed person :D
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^Yeah.
I think it does say something about the talents of the author who can create characters that can make readers so mad.
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Completely different subject matter in the two books. Typical desi reply...forget about the talk at hand and start throwing in your own stuff.