![]() In hindsight it appears to me as if Karunatilaka wrote the book with a checklist in his mind: “That’s one more page done. With clever lines on every page, Chinaman is the most tweetable book I’ve ever read. That is even if you really want to finish this brilliant book as quickly as you possibly can. If you are one of the latter, you will take days to get through young Sri Lankan author Shehan Karunatilaka’s Chinaman. Perhaps they even stop every few minutes to tweet out interesting lines. They convert the reading experience into a process. Then there is the rare type – those who cannot read a book without obliterating it with dog ears, notes in the margin, underlined passages and bookmarks. If at all, they reflect on the book after they’re done reading. (I refer to the people who read books and not those new-fangled devices.) The first type read their books in one go, rarely pausing for rumination, reflection or any handwork with pencils or highlighters. ![]() There are at least two types of book readers. Where in the world is Pradeep Mathew? a review by Sidin Vadukut ![]()
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