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BETWEEN THE ASSASSINATIONS.
by ADIGA**, ARAVIND:
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- FINE./FINE.
- ISBN 10
- 184887121X
- ISBN 13
- 9781848871212
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About This Item
In this compelling new work of fiction,Aravind Adiga has imagined the small Indian city of Kittur,an everytown nestling on the coast south of Goa and north of Calicut.
Through the myriad and distinctive voices of its inhabitants,an entire Indian world comes vividly and unforgettably to life.
From a middle-aged Communist to an Islamic terrorist; from the young children of a Tamil building-site worker to a privileged and alienated schoolboy;from an idealistic journalist to a Brahmin housemaid, 'Between the Assassinations' presents a compelling microcosm of Indian life in the 80's,the years between the assassinations of Indira Ghandi and her son Rajiv.Muslim,Christian and Hindu,high-caste and low-caste,rich and poor: all of life - the 'sorrowful parade of humanity' - is here.
Journeying through Kittur's streets and schoolyards, bedrooms and businesses, its inner workings and outer limits,Adiga conjures a remarkable fictional landscape.
Sizzling with acid observations and textured with wicked humour and gentle humanity,'Between the Assassinations' is a triumph of voice and imagination.
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Synopsis
On India's south-western coast, between Goa and Calicut, lies Kittur - a small, nondescript everytown. Ranging through the city's streets and schoolyards, bedrooms and businesses, its inner workings and its outer limits, Aravind Adiga acts as our guide to the town. Mapping the overlapping lives of Kittur's residents, an entire world is vividly and unforgettably brought to life. Here, an illiterate Muslim boy working at the train station finds himself tempted by an Islamic terrorist; a bookseller is arrested for selling a copy of The Satanic Verses; a rich, spoiled, half-caste student decides to explode a bomb in school; a sexologist has to find a cure for a young boy who may have AIDS. What emerges is the moral biography of an Indian town and a group portrait of ordinary Indians in a time of extraordinary transformation, over the seven-year period between the assassinations of Prime Minister Gandhi and her son Ranjiv. Keenly observed and finely detailed, Between the Assassinations is a triumph of voice and imagination.
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- Bookseller
- R. J. A. PAXTON-DENNY.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- rja362910
- Title
- BETWEEN THE ASSASSINATIONS.
- Author
- ADIGA**, ARAVIND:
- Book Condition
- Used - FINE.
- Jacket Condition
- FINE.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 184887121X
- ISBN 13
- 9781848871212
- Publisher
- LONDON.ATLANTIC BOOKS,2009.
- Place of Publication
- London
- This edition first published
- 2009
- Keywords
- q52.MODERN FIRSTS2.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.ISBN 9781848871212.Booker Prize winner_novel _novelist.The White Tiger.Books new,used,signed,rare.
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