4 The Hundred-Foot Journey, by Richard C. Morais
(Read by Neil Shah, Blackstone Audio, 7 CDs, 8 hours and 51 minutes)
Quite different from the feel-good, Hollywood treatment of it, this heartfelt novel is much more realistic. It follows Hassan, a Muslim born in a Mumbai slum who shoots into the culinary stratosphere of France as an adult. Although the last quarter of the audiobook feels rushed, Neil Shah’s various accents are all convincing, and the journey from Mumbai to London, Paris, and a small French village, captivates. Grade: B+
