"An absorbing story of a world in transition, brought to life through characters who love and suffer with equal intensity."–J. M. Coetzee
"There is no denying Ghosh's command of culture and history. . . . [He] proves a writer of supreme skill and intelligence."–The Atlantic Monthly
"I will never forget the young and old Rajkumar, Dolly, the Princesses, the forests of teak, the wealth that made families and wars. A wonderful novel. An incredible story."–Grace Paley
"A rich, layered epic that probes the meaning of identity and homeland– a literary territory that is as resonant now, in our globalized culture, as it was when the sun never set on the British Empire."–Los Angeles Times Book Review
"A novelist of dazzling ingenuity."–San Francisco Chronicle