Thayil, Jeet
Narcopolis
- ISBN 13:
- 9780571275786
- author:
- Thayil, Jeet
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Faber & Faber
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2013
- Pages:
- 304
- Dimensions:
- 19.6 x 12.4 x 2 cm
- Genre:
- Fiction, Contemporary Fiction, ,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 4 working days
Description
Shuklaji Street in Old Bombay is a place where the air is thick with opium smoke. In Rashid's room, a beautiful young woman holds a long-stemmed pipe over a flame, her dark hair falling across her eyes. The men around her are lost in their own worlds, each one drifting away from reality. Outside, the streets are alive with the sounds of vendors and stray dogs. Hookers call out for custom through the bars of their cages, while pimps slouch in doorways, watching over them. A sense of unease hangs over the city - a new terror has emerged: the Pathar Maar, the stone killer, who targets the nameless poor. In this broken city, there are too many victims to count. The underworld is gripped by fear, and no one knows what to expect next.