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Set in England, India and Ireland, a comic tale of fish out of water.
When her boorish father dies, fat, unsophisticated Mousumi is sent from India to her cosmopolitan relations in London. For the glamour of the western world, she leaves behind both her forlorn mother and an amorous shopkeeper.
On arrival, she is met by the Majumdar family: Prakash - a doctor with too much heart, great cook and man-about-the-house; Tuhina - a successful investment banker and indulgent mother; and Darshini - a nonchalant eighteen-year-old, audacious coin-flipper and possessor of ethereal beauty. Such an offbeat household terrifies Mousumi - how will she fit in? Can she meet their high standards? And will she begin to question the life she has known?
A witty social comedy of cultural misunderstanding and people who simply don't get on.
When her boorish father dies, fat, unsophisticated Mousumi is sent from India to her cosmopolitan relations in London. For the glamour of the western world, she leaves behind both her forlorn mother and an amorous shopkeeper.
On arrival, she is met by the Majumdar family: Prakash - a doctor with too much heart, great cook and man-about-the-house; Tuhina - a successful investment banker and indulgent mother; and Darshini - a nonchalant eighteen-year-old, audacious coin-flipper and possessor of ethereal beauty. Such an offbeat household terrifies Mousumi - how will she fit in? Can she meet their high standards? And will she begin to question the life she has known?
A witty social comedy of cultural misunderstanding and people who simply don't get on.
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"A beautiful debut that mixes humour with biting social commentary." (Cosmopolitan Magazine)
"Biswas proves a natural writer with a nice turn of phrase." (Guardian)
"A comedy of manners ... charmingly told." (Financial Times)
"One to watch." (Image Magazine, Ireland)
"This fast paced debut gives us the age-old dilemma of family struggle told in frank funny language by a new name to watch." (Nottingham Evening Post)
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"Biswas proves a natural writer with a nice turn of phrase." (Guardian)
"A comedy of manners ... charmingly told." (Financial Times)
"One to watch." (Image Magazine, Ireland)
"This fast paced debut gives us the age-old dilemma of family struggle told in frank funny language by a new name to watch." (Nottingham Evening Post)
Witty and glamorous first novel about an Indian country cousin's visit to her relatives in London, from a young British-Asian author with a sharp comic eye.
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- PublisherBlack Swan
- Publication date2007
- ISBN 10 0552773239
- ISBN 13 9780552773232
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages400
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Book Description Condition: New. Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fuer Sie gedruckt. Set in England, India and Ireland, a comic tale of fish out of water. When her boorish father dies, fat, unsophisticated Mousumi is sent from India to her cosmopolitan relations in London.Über den AutorrnrnTina Biswas was born in 1978. Seller Inventory # 594774218
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