The Cripple and His Talismans
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Book Overview
Prepare to enter a world where the norms of human behavior--even the rules governing time and gravity--are set on their heads. This dark and wry fable begins with the narrator waking up and... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:1551926512
ISBN13:9781551926513
Release Date:January 2004
Publisher:Raincoast Books
Length:252 Pages
Weight:0.80 lbs.
Customer Reviews
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Hilarious
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 20 years ago
I love this book. Anosh Irani has a wonderful wit. I've never laughed so much from a book.
An odd tale of Bombay
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 20 years ago
Many books are referred to as "darkly comic." In this case, it's true. It's a dark tale but one that is genuinely funny. An unnamed narrator goes on a quest for his missing arm through the dark, impoverished, violent and funny side of Bombay. The journey is episodic as the wealthy narrator encounters odd characters, wakes in new situations and generally moves through an absurdist world that reveals a Bombay he didn't know, as it also reveals a self he didn't know - or at least, he had been avoiding. In the end, it is a quest for himself. Or perhaps it's more accurate to say a harmonization of himself through the discovery of a strangely and wonderfully contradictory Bombay.
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