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Book review: The Wedding distills smart, cutting characters in melancholy of human failings

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65% Informative

Gurjinder Basran ’s third novel, The Wedding , is a tragicomical third novel.

The story proceeds from the certainty that any wedding story necessarily involves an obstacle — before, after, or at the altar.

The novel serves up a social commentary that wouldn’t be out of place in a Jane Austen novel.

A ritual ceremony and epic celebration is tinged with melancholy in Basran 's hands.

Brett Josef Grubisic is the author of five novels, including My Two -Faced Luck and The Age of Cities.

He is Salt Spring Island resident and author of My Two Faced Luck .

He has published five books, including one of the best-selling novels in the world.

VR Score

64

Informative language

61

Neutral language

24

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

53

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not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

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not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

long-living

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10

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