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Description edit
Welcome to the Fisherman's Rest, a little bar off the Sasoon Dock in Bombay where Mr. Subramaniam spins his tales for a select audience. This is the setting for Vikram Chandra's collection of seven short stories, Love and Longing in Bombay, and Subramaniam is Chandra's Scheherezade. In these... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Mr.Subramaniam: Narrator of all the short stories
- Sartaj: Add a description of this character.
- Rajesh Pawar
- Frankie Furtado
- Sheila
- Kshitij
- Katekar
- Rahul
- Soli
- Ganga
- Sandhya
- Iqbal
- Bijlani
- Anubhav
- Parulkar
- Subramaniam
- Freddie
- Amir Khan
- Mani Mennon
- Sanjeev
- Megha
- Mrs. Khanna
- Jago Antia
- Jehangir
- Moitra
- Ratnani
- Sharma
- Chetanbhai Ghanshyam Patel
- Dolly
- Roxanne
- Shaila
- Mr. Fong
- Kaimal
- Ayesha
- Mrs. Chauhan
- Rajan
- Zingu
First Sentence edit
CONSIDERING THE LENGTH of Subramaniam's service, it was remarkable that he still came to the Fisherman's Rest.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Vikram Chandra (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Book Bay Publisher
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Publication Date: 1998
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Page Count: 272
Publisher: Book Bay Publisher
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 1998
ISBN: Add the ISBN.
Page Count: 272
Awards edit
- Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best Book (1998: South Asia and Europe)
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- Dewey: 813.54
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