It again reached the shortlist for the Booker Prize and received various awards. ... Hancock continues to stress how well Mistry has done in such a short time and proposes, "Is writing a gift you have?" ... 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. ... Both writers catch the city's squalid side, the poverty, disorder, filth and ruin, the chaos, but at the same time engage its immen...

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

It again reached the shortlist for the Booker Prize and received various awards. ... Hancock continues to stress how well Mistry has done in such a short time and proposes, "Is writing a gift you have?" ... 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. ... Both writers catch the city's squalid side, the poverty, disorder, filth and ruin, the chaos, but at the same time engage its immen...

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