$26.66
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
28 August 2008
Summary
Winner of the Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2006
In the foothills of the Himalayas sits a once grand, now crumbling house - home to three people and a dog. There is the retired judge dreaming of colonial yesterdays; his orphaned granddaughter Sai who has fallen for her clever maths tutor; the cook, whose son Biju writes untruthful letters home from New York City; and Mutt, the judge’s beloved dog.
Around the house swirls mountain mist - but also the forces of revolution and cha…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141027289 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0141027282 |
| Author: | Kiran Desai |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 28 August 2008 |
| Weight: | 238g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 20mm |
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Critics Review
Marvellous … Kiran Desai romanticises neither home nor elsewhere … Heeds not only the brave new world, but also the country left behind – Lionel Shriver * Financial Times *Affecting and endearing, full of laughter and tears * Independent *Seldom has an author offered so fearless a glimpse into how ordinary lives are caught up in the collision of modernity and cultural tradition, and in the schisms and fanaticism that all too often ensue * Elle *If book reviews just cut to the chase, this one would simply read: This is a terrific novel! Read it! * Boston Globe *Always pulsing with energy * Guardian *
About The Author
Kiran Desai
Kiran Desai is the bestselling author of two novels, Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard and The Inheritance of Loss, which won both the Booker Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award.
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