Beach Boy by Ardashir Vakil

Beach Boy by Ardashir Vakil

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A coming-of-age story set in Bombay following a boy's passage to adolescence with sex and samosas, sea and shore, truant afternoons, Hindi films, and a woman's seductive daughter. The city is full of unforgettable sights and smells and includes discoveries about lies and death, meals and girls.

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Beach Boy by Ardashir Vakil

A coming-of-age story set in Bombay following a boy's passage to adolescence with sex and samosas, sea and shore, truant afternoons, Hindi films, and a woman's seductive daughter. The city is full of unforgettable sights and smells and includes discoveries about lies and death, meals and girls.
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ISBN 13 9780241137604
ISBN 10 0241137608
Title Beach Boy
Author Ardashir Vakil
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Year published 1997-05-29
Number of pages 224
Prizes Winner of Betty Trask Award 1997, Short-listed for Whitbread Book Awards: First Novel Category 1997
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.