Mumbai Noir - Softcover

Altaf Tyrewala

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9350292254 ISBN 13: 9789350292259

Publisher: HarperCollins India, 2012

Synopsis

Following the Bombay Communal Riots of 1992 which saw neighbour pitched against neighbour in fierce bouts of internecine violence, came the retaliatory bomb blasts of 1993 and the name change to Mumbai in 1995. Mumbai Noir captures the essence of a city dominated by wealth and the lack of it, where the shadowy aspects of life are never far from the ordinary person. Psychopath Romeos stalk ordinary women, men flirt with death in dance bars and families fall through the cracks of communal living in this phenomenal collection of noir literature.

About this title

About the Author:

Altaf Tyrewala was born in Mumbai and graduated from Baruch College, New York. He is the author of the critically acclaimed novel No God in Sight, which has been published across the world and translated into several European languages. His nonfiction has been featured in GQ, Tehelka, Mumbai Mirror, Mail Today, and People. He has been awarded the DAAD Artist-in-Berlin literature grant for 2011, and is currently working on his second novel.

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins India
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 9350292254
• ISBN 13: 9789350292259
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288
• Editor: Altaf Tyrewala