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Marriage Material (2013)

by Sathnam Sanghera(Favorite Author)

3.57 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0434021903 (ISBN13: 9780434021901)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

William Heinemann

review 1: This is just so bloody brilliant because it cuts so close to the bone, in creativity, humor n political incorrectness. Yes, Sanghera plays up to the stereotypes of the Punjabi community of northern England, but his accounts are based on real life as can be attested by anyone who has lived there for any length of time. The community is a subset of the wider immigrant community, maintaining certain customs and caste hierarchy which has long since been forsaken by other punjabi communities outside the UK. This book is all at once bold and refreshing. I will certainly look out for this writer's other works.
review 2: Enjoyed this tale set in a Sikh family running a shop in Wolverhampton over two time periods, the 1970s and the present day. Great tale of what it is ... morelike to be a Sikh and run a small shop in England in two periods of very different racial awareness and how various members of the family integrate/fail to integrate into British culture. Very thought-provoking novel from the author of the memoir, The Boy With the Topknot. less

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