A review by ruffreader
The Gurkha and the Lord of Tuesday by Saad Z. Hossain

4.0

Love the way Hossain just gets straight to the point here, like lean 89 minute action-comedy film, and yet somehow manages to smuggle in some complex ethical situations and moderately deep philosophy. I’m not sure he fully succeeds with the climax, as I had trouble following the geography of the fighting and the outcome feels predictable (it also reminded me a lot of The Magicians’ battle sequences, where one side is often just too overpowered to keep things interesting).