Be ready forpeople who have previously seemed sharp to turnsoft. Orforsituations that once seemed hopeless to start overbrimming with positivepossibilities.
In the mold of Rushdie, Ghosh (The Circle of Reason), Sealy (The Trotter-Nama) and Tharoor (The Great Indian Novel) tried to write capacious first novels, overbrimming with characters, conceits, puns and magical happenings.