Love and Longing in Bombay

by Vikram Chandra | Literature & Fiction |
ISBN: 0316136778 Global Overview for this book
Registered by wingnimrodielwing of Evanston, Illinois USA on 6/5/2006
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Journal Entry 1 by wingnimrodielwing from Evanston, Illinois USA on Monday, June 5, 2006
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.

Journal Entry 2 by wingnimrodielwing from Evanston, Illinois USA on Monday, June 5, 2006
Reserved for Sidney1220 who ended up with it through the Asian Book Swap #3

Journal Entry 3 by Sidney1220 from McLean, Virginia USA on Friday, November 3, 2006
Received in the mail today. Thanks...

3/14/07 Reserved for bookmooch.

3/16/07 Mailed at the post office.

Journal Entry 4 by adobescribe from Gainesville, Florida USA on Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Received through Bookmooch.com. Thoroughly fantastic.

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