'Thought-provoking and satisfying . There are echoes of Rohinton Mistry in Vassanji's lampooning of post-independent India's frenetic nationalism, of VS Naipaul in the insistence that solutions can arrive only from a thorough understanding of the past, of Salman Rushdie in the disclosure of a history composed of personal narratives and myths. But the lyricism of Karsan's contemplations, the careful evocation of place, the writer's obvious warmth for his characters - these are all Vassanji's.' Washington PostIn the aftermath of the violence that gripped western India in 2002, Karsan Dargawalla, heir to the shrine of a mysterious medieval sufi, begins to tell the story of his family and the now destroyed shrine. After a bitter quarrel with his father that led him to abdicate his birthright, Karsan made a new life for himself in suburban British Columbia. But when tragedy strikes in Canada and India, he is drawn back after thirty years to see if anything is left for him . A story of grand historical sweep and intricate personal drama, The Assassin's Song is a heart-breaking ballad of a life irrevocably changed.'A resplendent novel.

' New Yorker'A powerful work of the spirit . honestly, the soul is altered.' Globe and Mail.