Thank you to NetGalley for a Kindle ARC of Amnesty.

This is the first book I've read by the author so I was excited when my request was approved.

The premise of the plot could not be more timely in our current political climate:

Danny, a humble house cleaner in Australia, has information about one of his clients, a woman he believes was murdered by her lover.

But, to speak up and bring this man to justice would cause him grave consequences because he is not legal.

What is an illegal but honest human to do?

I liked Danny. What's not to like?

He is struggling to fit into his adopted homeland of Australia, a country that refuses him citizenship but a place he strives to call home.

He is a hard worker, living in a grocery storeroom and harboring dreams of being legal. One day. Some day.

The writing is great, lyrical, but I sometimes found the stream of consciousness Danny engages in distracting, but it described his addled, tormented state of mind.

There were some great lines in Amnesty, but my favorite (and I'm paraphrasing here) went something like this:

What do you do when you are unwanted in your homeland but also unwanted in another country?

I wouldn't call Amnesty suspenseful because the readers know who the killer is, but there is a strange game of cat and mouse Danny finds himself engaged in with the killer, though his primary objective is struggling with his moral code and his responsibility as a human, and losing the possibility of ever achieving legal status.

Danny's plight is honest, real and heartbreaking, a struggle you don't have to be legal or illegal to empathize with. You just have to be human.

I read about 10% of this, but it just didn't capture my interest. It was a bit hard to follow, and the characters were odd.

Amnesty is a dive into character study and suspense. Aravind Adiga writes of place and unfolds the plot in a way that enraptures.

If you are familiar with Adiga’s work, you will not be disappointed. If this is your first visit to this author’s work, it is a satisfying introduction.