The first thing that I did coming over to UK was start reading ' Ponniyin Selvan'. I was first so sceptical about reading it because it looked so huge. But it was unputdownable. Awesome is a milder way of describing the book. I don't have words to express how engrossing and haunting the book was. I couldn't stop thinking about the characters and twists in the story even in my sleep. I used to wake up in the middle of the night to continue reading it. I've never been forcefully drawn by a book which nagged, pestered, bullied me into completing it. What an experience! Too good to be expressed in words, you have to read it to believe it.