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A frustrated small-town scholar lands the opportunity of a lifetime, but only encounters more frustration in Anita Desai’s touching comic novel.
Anita Desai’s intricate family drama examines the different ways in which two cultures assuage human hungers, desires and appetites.
About the Author
Anita Desai has been shortlisted for the Booker Prize three times - 1980, 1984 and in 1999. She was born in Mussoorie, India and is the author of many novels and short stories.