Dimensions
130 x 198 x 23mm
Sparkling with energy, funny, surreal and magical, this is a larger than life story with a definite Bollywood feel to it.
Imagine Mendelssohn with a sprinkling of Marquez and a dash of Salman Rushdie, plus a smattering of the dazzling debuts of Kiran Desai and Hari Kunzru, and you'll probably still be amazed and overjoyed by a fairy tale that also explores the more every-day traumas of life and love.
Young Anuradha boards a train for Bombay, where she will marry a man she has never met, and peacocks appear from nowhere to serenade her. This is a forgotten world of betrayed love, dangerous desires and unfathomable sorrow in a debut novel that will remain with you long after you've finished reading it.
