With an inimitable mix of earthy humour and searing tragedy, bestselling author Anosh Irani gives us his most ambitious novel yet.
Zairos is a dissolute young landowner's son living in the town of Dahanu, just outside Bombay, when his life of careless luxury is brought up short by a mysterious death: the sudden suicide of Ganpat, a tribal worker on his family's estate. Soon Zairos has fallen in love with Ganpat's daughter Kusum, and finds himself defying taboos with their relationship. At the same time his grandfather, Shapur, reveals to him the story of their family and of the land that Zairos stands to inherit. Violence and hatred echo through history, and Zairos learns the terrible truth his grandfather has spent a lifetime hiding.
About the Author
ANOSH IRANI is the author of the acclaimed novels The Song of Kahunsha, a finalist for Canada Reads and the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize in 2007, and The Cripple and His Talismans. His play Bombay Black won four Dora Mavor Moore Awards in 2006 including for Outstanding New Play, and he was nominated for the 2007 Governor General's Award for The Bombay Plays: The Matka King and Bombay Black.
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