A review by janu0303
Heat and Dust by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

2.0

Of all the post-colonial fiction I've read - of all the well-worn stories of the hysterical 'white' woman falling in love with a dashing Eton-educated but Indian prince, of the scandal and illegitimate offspring of the union, of the intricate class,race and political structures, of such blatant orientalism - this book, this one is the worst. Really not sure why it won the Booker prize, but I found it banal and completely off the mark