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White Man Falling
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White Man Falling Hardback - 2006

by Mike Stocks

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From the publisher

This winner of the Goss First Novel Award 2006" "is a tale of domestic catastrophe, accidental crime-busting, deluded matchmaking, and mystical absurdity set in a small town in South India. Police sub-inspector Swami has lost his job after suffering a stroke while beating up a Very Guilty Suspect. He can no longer talk properly, command the respect of his community, or give his six daughters the bankrupting dowries they deserveand his wife is obsessed with securing the Most Expensive Husbands in India. No wonder Swami has lost his pride and wants to kill himself using only a puncture repair kit. Surely a man in these circumstances has good reason to feel cursed when a white man falls out of the sky and lands on him in a busy street, dying in front of his eyes and making him a laughing stock. But as further strange incidents occur, Swami s hometown starts to believe he is walking with God, and life becomes easier. Mike Stocks s comic tour de force brilliantly exemplifies how sometimes in life meaningless events can produce meaningful effects."

Details

  • Title White Man Falling
  • Author Mike Stocks
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 296
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Alma Books, Richmond, United Kingdom
  • Publication date August 22, 2006
  • ISBN 9781846880094 / 1846880092
  • Weight 1 lbs (0.45 kg)
  • Category Fiction - General
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

About the author

Mike Stocks writes novels, children s books, poetry, and translations, and has worked both as a lexicographer and as an editor for several British publishers. He is the founder and editor of "Anon," the anonymous submissions poetry magazine."

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