I won't be commenting again until the end as I've finished the book and don't want to accidently give spoilers. But I will post a comment that I saved back when I read chapters 12 and 13, before I advanced on.
These two chapters made for a fairly short section. I too enjoyed that Beggarmaster becomes larger in the story. He is the Don Corleone � giving protection to his ‘family� of people. It was good to see him appreciate having Shankar as a brother. It was also funny to see Ishvar show emotion even when though he is unreasonable about it, because he's an amateur a it. The stress of doing the right parental function for OM is just a bit much for him.
I'm in the same boat as Brian. Once I started reading I couldn't stop.
They definitely did become a family here. I loved how each of them has a skill that makes then unique. Each skill is put to use for the family as a whole.
These two chapters made for a fairly short section. I too enjoyed that Beggarmaster becomes larger in the story. He is the Don Corleone � giving protection to his ‘family� of people. It was good to see him appreciate having Shankar as a brother.
It was also funny to see Ishvar show emotion even when though he is unreasonable about it, because he's an amateur a it. The stress of doing the right parental function for OM is just a bit much for him.