I am reading Dongri to Dubai by S. Hussain Zaidi.
Growing up in Mumbai in the 1980s/90s, I remember reading news stories about the Mumbai gang wars.
This book covers that in great detail and as such qualifies as a genuine history book.
And yet, it reads like a potboiler. It is essentially unputdownable.
10/10
On a first date, when I walked into the lady’s house I noticed a Tom Wolfe novel on her coffee table. When I asked her what she thought of it she said it was “mind candy”. I’ve never forgotten that phrase.