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Chosen by Tom Cunliffe of A Common Reader
The Hundred-Foot Journey is the story of the journey of a young Indian boy from his parents restaurant in Mumbai to becoming a renowned chef in pursuit of the coveted Michelin stars. The book is often funny and at times moving, but the overall impression is of colour, from the vibrant streets of Mumbai to the calm mellow shades of top European restaurants. I enjoyed reading this book. The research is impeccable – or from reading the author’s biography, perhaps it is born of personal experience from his cosmopolitan life. While this is his first novel, he seems to have been a writer for most of his career. My only quibble is that while the first two thirds have a larger than life, rumbustious style, towards the end of the book there is a complete change of mood and from time to time I had to remind myself that I was reading a work of fiction rather than a serious biography of a top chef. I wonder whether the scope was a little too broad and whether the book wouldn’t have been better concentrating on the French village phase, perhaps as Joanne Harris did in Chocolat. However, The Hundred Foot Journey is a very fine read by anybody’s standards and held my attention throughout.
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