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Synopsis
Six stories which paint a picture of bustling Bombay's ghosts, passions, feuds and mysteries, whilst also exploring timeless questions of the human spirit. The stories are narrated by an elusive civil servant who, on six successive nights, recounts an extraordinary tale in a smoky Bombay bar.
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Love and Longing in Bombay by Vikram Chandra is the second book from the acclaimed and deeply talented Indian writer.
About the Author
Born in New Delhi, India, in 1961, Vikram Chandra now divides his time between Bombay and Washington D.C., where he teaches at George Washington University. He is a graduate of Pomona College, Los Angeles and Columbia University Film School in New York. His stories have appeared in the New Yorker and the Paris Review. His debut novel, Red Earth and Pouring Rain, was awarded the David Higham Prize for Fiction and the Commonwealth Writers Prize for the Best First Published Book. His collection of stories, Love and Longing in Bombay, was published in 1997 and won the Commonwealth Writers Prize for the Eurasia region. It was also shortlisted for the Guardian Fiction Prize, and was included in the New York Times Book Review's 'Notable Books of the Year', and also in both the Guardian and Independent's 'Books of the Year' round-ups. His most recent novel, Sacred Games, was published in 2007 and was shortlisted for the Encore Awards.
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- PublisherFaber and Faber
- Publication date1997
- ISBN 10 0571175279
- ISBN 13 9780571175277
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages272
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