Review of The Blind Spot, a novel by Sesh Venugopal

This is a wonderful book from which I couldn?t get pulled away despite a busy schedule. 
The story is so compelling that I had to keep on reading. Yet the story is not the only 
aspect of the book that makes it such a wonderful read: the style is rich in texture; 
the characters are complex; the tone is warm; the themes are universal. Patti, for example, 
is a wonderful character. One could make her out to be evil, but I don`t think that she is. 
She is just the product of her generation and culture, adapting to a new set of circumstances, 
perhaps quite poorly, but so humanly! While so traditionally Indian, she is, in fact, similar 
to some characters which can be found in many other cultures. Her son Kris, alias Krishna, 
alias Krishnamurthy, is another ``Oh so human`` character: weak, perhaps! Conflicted, certainly! 
But also dragged into his predicament by forces that are, in many respects, stronger than he is.  
Generally speaking, the three generations of characters are beautifully and, in my opinion, quite 
accurately depicted, along with their internal, external and inter-generational sets of conflicts. 
Altogether, this is a very worthwhile book that I highly recommend!

Nathalie Japkowicz, November 12, 2012.