Corner Shop

by Roopa Farooki

Book Overview

There are only two tragedies in life. One is not getting your heart's desire - and the other? Getting it. Fourteen-year-old Lucky Khalil loves three things: football, Star Wars and Portia, the girl... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312375565
• ISBN13: 9780312375560
• Release Date: February 2009
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Length: 355 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.1" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

I thought it was interesting

First off, I am on a serious lack of sleep so bear with me here! I really enjoy this author's writing. It flows nicely and I thought her first book did as well. I know the other novel got lots of bad reviews and I was surprised at the harshness. In this novel I fell in love with the characters right away. Well, except for the husband who was just a plain jerk! The boy was cute with his soccer dream, however, me myself not caring for soccer got a little tired on all the commentary on his games. Lucky's grandfather (Now, I cannot remember his name or the boy's mother's name because I got no sleep last night) was a hoot. Very witty and always with the quips. This character was the most well developed of all. Now, I know this review is really juvenile and sounds like it's written by a 7 yr old but I just wanted to get on here and say that I enjoyed the book, in case someone wants to know. Now hopefully I can get some sleep...

A brilliant read - funny, witty, poignant

I thought that Roopa Farooki's first novel, Bitter Sweets, was a fantastic book, but Corner Shop is even better. It has laugh out loud comedy in places, and edge of your seat drama in others - a perfect mix of funny, witty and poignant. It's a twist on the universal family drama -about individuals pursuing their dreams, and what happens afterwards. You really feel for the characters, despite all their faults. This is the type of book I love - a utterly pleasurable read, but one with genuine insight and which has something real to say. J Philips