A fascinating account of the Vikram Seth's uncle and aunt (and extended friends/family), who experienced extraordinary events/circumstances in the 190A fascinating account of the Vikram Seth's uncle and aunt (and extended friends/family), who experienced extraordinary events/circumstances in the 1900's in India, Germany and England; the personal details bring history alive as plain historical accounts just cannot do; I picked up Two Lives thinking it would take me a while to read and literally couldn't put it down; it's over 500 pages long and I read it in just two days while working full time; I highly recommend it, which I don't say very often...more