The Kite Runner - one of the most poignant books I have read. Its really moving. A tale of the utter selfishness and ultimate guilt of one human being, and the undettered devotion of another. Lot of cultural underpinnings. Also saw the movie based on the book - equally moving.
The other one - Mother pious lady written by Santosh Desai is just passable. Am an ardent admirer of Desai's columns in the ToI, but the book really disappointed me. He just rambles on and on.... too much condensed in too little space, and Desai is not really his insightful self. Looks as though the book was written in a hurry.
