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A Googly in the Compound: a novel of the Raj Paperback Book

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Historical Raj-era fiction
Multi-generational family saga
1910-1945 wartime narrative
Parsi culture and traditions
452 pages of intrigue
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The Sanjanas planned to enjoy the tiger cub and surrender the adult to the zoo, but no plan had been made for the adolescent. The family is breakfasting in the compound of their bungalow when the cub tastes blood from a cut on Sohrab Sanjanas hand. Also in attendance are Daisy (Sohrabs English wife, married when she was stranded by WWII in India) Rustom (Sohrabs brother, back from the war in Burma) Dolly (their mother, afraid the rivalry between her sons may erupt into violence echoing the rivalry between two brothers she had married in succession) and Phiroze (Dollys second husband, younger brother of her first). A novel of love and war, A Googly in the Compound spans the years from 1910 to 1945, heading from rural Navsari to cosmopolitan Bombay to 1930s London to wartorn Burma and Mesopotamia.A "class" act of historical proportions, [the novel] rips into the conventional class hierarchies between British and Indians, upper class Indians and lower.Prasenjit Chaudhury, Deccan HeraldThe tiger cub grows as dangerous as the British Raj for India. Both have tasted blood and both demand more. Desai spins a fascinating story of Parsi bloodlines, romance and intrigue, counterpointed by the events that made WWII such a watershed in the history of both India and the world.Anjana Basu, The StatesmanA familys longsimmering tensions boil over during a trip to the old homestead in this literary novel.... The result is a widelensed meditation on power dynamicswithin countries and...

SKU: M9798716256620
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Binding: Paperback;452 pages; Publisher: Amazon Digital Services LLC - KDP; Classification: N/A; Weight: 721.92 g; Dimensions: N/A

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