Aram Bakshian, a former speechwriter for Presidents of the United States Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, and Ronald Reagan, in his The Washington Times review called the book as "a truly grand tamasha" while noting the "only downside is [Ghosh]'s tendency to get a bit preachy from time to time". Alex Clark of The Guardian reviewed the book as "high seriousness and low humour drive"; Katherine Powers of Chicago Tribune considered the book as "the best of the three volumes".
