Meme?

Not exactly sure what a meme is but a great little blog I frequent Darth Gateau passed my site on to do one and seeing as it's about books, I'll happily comply. Here are the rules of said meme:

1. Pick up the nearest book.
2. Open to page 123.
3. Locate the fifth sentence.
4. Post the next three sentences on your blog and in so doing...
5. Tag five people, and acknowledge who tagged me.

Here goes, from Animal's People by Indra Sinha:

"The first pill I give Zafar on the day of the big democracy. The democracy is a meeting where everyone has their say, followed by a big fucking row, after which everyone does what Zafar wants. This one happens in Somraj's music room which he keeps sacred to goddess Sarawati and blue-throated god Siva."

I just started this book and hate skipping ahead so when I finally made it to page 123 today I felt more confident in posting about the book. It's taken some time to get into it but slowly I'm liking it.

The story is told by a cripple whose spine was brutally injured as a child when a chemical leak from an American plant poison the neighbourhood. Forced to travel on all fours throughout the slums of Khaufpur, India Animal has survived into his late teens knowing only this life. Around this time a beautiful American doctor sets up a clinic in the area and Animal is automatically drawn to her but others think she has been sent by the "company" and aren't so sure.

That's what the above passage is about everyone has gotten together to figure out how to deal with this new doctor and getting justice from the company. As for the pill, Animal is slowly poisoning his friend Zafar to keep him from making love to Nisha a girl he's grown found of. Not sure where the story is headed but it should be good because this book was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2007.

I won't tag anyone because like a meme I'm not so sure what that means.