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10 best books of April: the Monitor's picks

Here are the 10 April releases most favored by the Monitor's book critics.

4. "Gandhi Before India," by Ramachandra Guha

This biography tracing the early years of Mohandas Gandhi 鈥 his beginnings as a merchant caste child in Gujarat, his legal education in Britain, his immigration to South Africa, and his eventual transformation to activism 鈥 helps readers to piece together a fuller and more nuanced portrait of the man. At the same time, Guha offers a searching account of the setbacks and insights that helped to shape the great Indian leader. You can see the Monitor's full review of "Gandhi Before India" here.

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