A gratifying endorsement
12 April 2020
Joseph Stiglitz, the Nobel prize-winning economist was recently (New York Times, April 2020) asked about his reading list. Here is one question and its answer:
What’s the last great book you read?
“The In-Between World of Vikram Lall,” by M. G. Vassanji, in which a corrupt official now in hiding in Canada looks back on his life and the independence movement in Kenya. Particularly unforgettable are his memories of young love and the student movement in Dar es Salaam. The book was especially meaningful to me because of the time I spent working in Kenya between 1969 and 1971."
When one wonders if it's all been worth it, who cares, and so on, such an endorsement out of the blue, comes as a real comfort.