SOURCE: "Giving Up the Perfect Diamond," in The New York Times Book Review, October 10, 1993, p. 7.
In the following review, Appiah lauds Mukherjee's The Holder of the World stating, "Ms. Mukherjee draws us with vigor and scrupulous attention to detail across time … and space … into the footsteps of not one but two extraordinary women."
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