RSVP, That's exactly my original posting is about-- questioning her portrayal of Darjeeling/Kalingpong and Nepalis there.Her failure in admitting (in characterization) that there are honest and intelectual Nepalis in that area. Winner Booker is not easy. There should be a certain standard in writing to even get anywhere near that name. One wins and that doesn't mean that there're not equally good (or even better) ones out there. By the way, I hated her first book--I mean the style.