Oct 11, 1997 | ISBN 9780771087226
• ”A novel of considerable charm and intelligence, informed by a delightful sense of irony.” — Mordecai Richler
• ”Vassanji probes beneath the surface to create a compelling and poignant portrait of human displacement.” — Ottawa Citizen
• ”It is part of Vassanji’s great talent to demonstrate that the minor changes — unexpected love, sex, accusations — in the life of a very modest man are, in fact, transformations of history.” — Globe and Mail
• ”Vassanji, in charting a tiny part of the Canadian reality, offers up certain truths, thought-provoking, disturbing, but ultimately, and in a small way, hopeful.” — Saturday Night
