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The Pleasure Seekers
Tishani Doshi
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Description for The Pleasure Seekers
Paperback. A sparkling debut about family, belonging and the binding power of love Longlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction 2011 Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 222. 320 pages. A sparkling debut about family, belonging and the binding power of love Longlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction 2011. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 20. Weight: 222.
August, 1968: Babo Patel arrives in London from Madras, with curly hair, jhill mill teeth and dreams of becoming a success. When he meets the beautiful, auburn-haired Siân Jones, he falls in love instantly. She, like him, is in search of something bigger than what the home she left behind can offer. But when Babo's parents learn of his intention to marry ‘some girl from God knows where' he is given an ultimatum: he can only marry Siân if they agree to live in Madras for two years before returning to London. As the years pass by, the calamities, ... Read more
August, 1968: Babo Patel arrives in London from Madras, with curly hair, jhill mill teeth and dreams of becoming a success. When he meets the beautiful, auburn-haired Siân Jones, he falls in love instantly. She, like him, is in search of something bigger than what the home she left behind can offer. But when Babo's parents learn of his intention to marry ‘some girl from God knows where' he is given an ultimatum: he can only marry Siân if they agree to live in Madras for two years before returning to London. As the years pass by, the calamities, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781408809839
SKU
V9781408809839
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About Tishani Doshi
Tishani Doshi is a poet and dancer based in Madras, India. Her first collection of poetry, Countries of the Body, won the Forward Poetry Prize for best first collection in 2006. The Pleasure Seekers is her first novel.
Reviews for The Pleasure Seekers
'This is a captivating, delightful novel. I was totally engaged by Tishani Doshi's people and by their world, and the language often rises - when speaking of the great matters, life, death, and above all love - to powerful metaphorical heights'
Salman Rushdie
‘Brimming with tender humour ... the novel dances its people across barriers of race and ... Read more
Salman Rushdie
‘Brimming with tender humour ... the novel dances its people across barriers of race and ... Read more