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Back in the 1940s, when Mumbai was still Bombay, the twin urban villages of Kevni-Amboli were home to a lively Catholic community-predominantly East Indian, but also Anglo-Indian, Goan and Mangalorean. In this hugely entertaining novel set in that vanished world, Ivan Arthur spins a delightful web of joint families, priests, sodality groups, gossips, friendly drunks, vagrants, simpletons, lovers and maiden aunts. Among the many lovable and eccentric characters are Hanging Gardens, a simple gravedigger who, by a quirk of fate, nurtures a millionaire mechanic; Blaise Misquitta, a stickler for punctuality who has a grave dug in anticipation of his wife's death; Tristao Dias Ribeiro, a Portuguese official who builds a massive church because his wife's illness has forced him out of the conjugal bed; Kirit, the studious first-ranker who slits his wrist-and survives-because he cannot marry Miss Alice or kiss her on the lips; Peter, a mysterious water-carrier who sings operatic arias; and of course the endearing tomboy Kitty, in whose memories the past and present merge.
| Autorius: | Ivan Arthur |
| Leidėjas: | Speaking Tiger Books |
| Išleidimo metai: | 2016 |
| Knygos puslapių skaičius: | 250 |
| ISBN-10: | 9386050145 |
| ISBN-13: | 9789386050144 |
| Formatas: | 203 x 133 x 14 mm. Knyga minkštu viršeliu |
| Kalba: | Anglų |
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