Mindless mining of epics

The author speaks in the voice of Duryodhana, but denies him a mind of his own

Verbosity is tedious, except perhaps in the young and in-love. In a book, though it may seem paradoxical, it is recipe for disaster. Too many words can suck substance and style out of the most powerful story and, worse, scar readers for life.  I Duryodhana offers just such a tragic fate to those who have a taste for the bustling genre of mythological fiction.
 
The author buries one of the most layered characters in the Mahabharata in an avalanche of words, stripping him bare of nuance and mystery. Instead of the powerful force that he was, human and flawed,