Shelf life: Looking at secular books

Sarah Allen  |  Features  |  Secular Shelf Life
Date posted:  1 Jun 2010
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THE ASSASSIN’S SONG
By M.G. Vassanji
Canongate. 313 pages. £7.99
ISBN 978-0-385-66351-9

My husband found this book for me in a book-end bargain shop; what a good discovery, deserving better attention than it seemed to have there.

Vassanji is an African of Indian heritage and his work returns repeatedly to themes of identity and alienation.

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