"He read because it gave him instant gratification in a way nothing else did, and, as was the case with all addicts, gratification was the important thing. He liked history, travel, anthropology, cookbooks (which he read in the same way as other books for pleasure); he liked books with specialized information."
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Jeet Thayil in: Narcopolis, Faber & Faber, 31 January 2012, p. 202.
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