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752 pages • first pub 1995 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780571203628
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Publication date: Not specified
Description
With a compassionate realism and narrative sweep that recall the work of Charles Dickens, this magnificent novel captures all the cruelty and corruption, dignity and heroism, of India. The time is 1975. The place is an unnamed city by the sea. The...
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752 pages • first pub 1995 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780571203628
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Publication date: Not specified
Description
With a compassionate realism and narrative sweep that recall the work of Charles Dickens, this magnificent novel captures all the cruelty and corruption, dignity and heroism, of India. The time is 1975. The place is an unnamed city by the sea. The...