Love and Longing in Bombay
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From Library Journal
This sequence of five long stories by the author of the audacious Red Earth and Pouring Rain (LJ 4/1/95) expands imaginatively from the modest bar of the Fisherman's Rest, where the aging, wise Subramaniam regales his listeners with tales of the deeply human in a troubled, vibrant city. Both sophisticated and squalid, Bombay provides an appropriately colorful setting for provocative stories of jealousy, loss, secrets, and love. Quietly reeling from the disintegration of his marriage, a detective becomes more than routinely involved in a murder mystery. A social climber takes on the most prominent family in town, with surprising results. In the most enigmatic and affecting of the stories, a young computer programmer discovers the low-tech bug in a client's system and a few strange secrets of a disappeared lover during one intense, uncontrolled week. An intriguing sequence for cosmopolitan readers; for medium to large fiction collections.?Janet Ingraham, Worthington P.L., Ohio
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This book was rescued from a box tossed out in the rain. It was one of the hardest hit with water, so when the pages dried it ended up a little fanned apart and stiff. However the book is perfectly readable still and is not musty or have any cover damage at all.
I loved the short stories in this collection, though I have been a fan of Vikram Chandra since I read his first book Red Earth and Pouring Rain awhile back.
This sequence of five long stories by the author of the audacious Red Earth and Pouring Rain (LJ 4/1/95) expands imaginatively from the modest bar of the Fisherman's Rest, where the aging, wise Subramaniam regales his listeners with tales of the deeply human in a troubled, vibrant city. Both sophisticated and squalid, Bombay provides an appropriately colorful setting for provocative stories of jealousy, loss, secrets, and love. Quietly reeling from the disintegration of his marriage, a detective becomes more than routinely involved in a murder mystery. A social climber takes on the most prominent family in town, with surprising results. In the most enigmatic and affecting of the stories, a young computer programmer discovers the low-tech bug in a client's system and a few strange secrets of a disappeared lover during one intense, uncontrolled week. An intriguing sequence for cosmopolitan readers; for medium to large fiction collections.?Janet Ingraham, Worthington P.L., Ohio
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This book was rescued from a box tossed out in the rain. It was one of the hardest hit with water, so when the pages dried it ended up a little fanned apart and stiff. However the book is perfectly readable still and is not musty or have any cover damage at all.
I loved the short stories in this collection, though I have been a fan of Vikram Chandra since I read his first book Red Earth and Pouring Rain awhile back.
Reserved for Sidney1220 who ended up with it through the Asian Book Swap #3
Received in the mail today. Thanks...
3/14/07 Reserved for bookmooch.
3/16/07 Mailed at the post office.
3/14/07 Reserved for bookmooch.
3/16/07 Mailed at the post office.
Received through Bookmooch.com. Thoroughly fantastic.