Narcopolis by Jeet Thayil

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Narcopolis by Jeet Thayil

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Wait now, light me up so we do this right, yes, hold me steady to the lamp, hold it, hold, good, a slow pull to start with, to draw the smoke low into the lungs, yes, oh my...

Shuklaji Street, in Old Bombay. A young woman holds a long-stemmed pipe over a flame, her hair falling across her eyes.

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Narcopolis by Jeet Thayil

Portrays a city in collision with itself. With a cast of pimps, pushers, poets, gangsters and eunuchs, this title is a journey into a sprawling underworld.

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Jeet Thayil was born in Kerala, India in 1959 and educated in Hong Kong, New York and Bombay. He is a performance poet, songwriter and guitarist as well as a writer, and has published four collections of poetry. He is the editor of The Bloodaxe Book of Contemporary Indian Poets (2008). He currently lives in Bangalore.
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ISBN 13 9780571275762
ISBN 10 0571275761
Title Narcopolis
Author Jeet Thayil
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Faber & Faber
Year published 2012-02-02
Number of pages 256
Prizes Short-listed for Man Asian Literary Prize 2012, Short-listed for Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2012
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.

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