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BETWEEN THE ASSASSINATIONS.

BETWEEN THE ASSASSINATIONS.

BETWEEN THE ASSASSINATIONS.
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BETWEEN THE ASSASSINATIONS.

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UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[First published in India in 2008 by PICADOR,India.This expanded and revised edition first published in UK in 2009 in hardback,and simultaneously in export and airside trade paperback by Atlantic Books,an imprint of Grove Atlantic Ltd.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp, clean pictorial design illustrated dw/dj,with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+ fore- edges bright and clean,contents bright,tight and pristine - an unread copy? Unblemished,publisher's original, plain black cloth bds with sharp corners and bright,crisp,stamped silver gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and black line illustrated map (by Rachel Tudor Best) to immaculate blue eps.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,3-351pp [paginated] plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,dedication,contents list,4pp chronology and 4pp blanks,both to rear.Author's 2nd novel,his first one 'The White Tiger' winning the Man Booker Prize for 2008,to critical acclaim.
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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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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Title
BETWEEN THE ASSASSINATIONS.
Author
ADIGA**, ARAVIND:
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UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
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Hardcover
ISBN 10
184887121X
ISBN 13
9781848871212
Publisher
LONDON.ATLANTIC BOOKS,2009.
Place of Publication
London
This edition first published
2009
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