One of the main reasons I read is to enter worlds unknown to me - physical worlds and more interior or personal ones. Anosh Irani's novel The parcel meets this criterion perfectly. It is set in the Kamathipura red-light district of Bombay/Mumbai, and its main character is a eunuch, or hijra, named Madhu. Brought up … Continue reading Anosh Irani, The parcel (#BookReview)