It again reached the shortlist for the Booker Prize and received various awards. ... Mistry bristles when accused of not reporting Bombay accurately. ... A Fine Balance, which had just received the Commonwealth Writers Best Book prize, had made the six-book shortlist for the Booker Prize; but that did not impress Greer, who grimaced and said: "I hate this book. ... It's a Canadian book about India. ... If she wanted to make the case that she did not like the book there were far better ways to do it than to say something so, so . . . ...

• Word Count: 4675
• Approx Pages: 19
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

It again reached the shortlist for the Booker Prize and received various awards. ... Mistry bristles when accused of not reporting Bombay accurately. ... A Fine Balance, which had just received the Commonwealth Writers Best Book prize, had made the six-book shortlist for the Booker Prize; but that did not impress Greer, who grimaced and said: "I hate this book. ... It's a Canadian book about India. ... If she wanted to make the case that she did not like the book there were far better ways to do it than to say something so, so . . . ...

• Word Count: 4673
• Approx Pages: 19
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The second section, contains the rest of the first part, is written under the appearance of a history, by going along in a historical detour and breaking up the chapters regularly, carefully reporting every day's events. ... Cervantes alone reports the story in the first section, using a simple but direct narrative style. ...

• Word Count: 1783
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Undergraduate