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An epic tale of nineteenth-century India - of Sanjay, a poet, and Sikander, a warrior; of hoofbeats thundering through the streets of Calcutta; of great wars and love affairs and a city gone mad with poetry. Woven into it are the adventures of a young Indian criss-crossing America in a car with his friends.

''A dazzling first novel . . . Not merely drawing on myth but making it.'' Lucy Hughes-Hallett, Sunday Times

''Marvellous and compelling.'' Charles Palliser

''A brilliant novel of wondrous conjuring and stunning import.'' John Hawkes

''One of the finest Indian novels of the decade.'' Shashi Tharoor

Red Earth and Pouring Rain

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      Publisher: Faber & Faber
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 07/06/2007
      ISBN13: 9780571234493, 978-0571234493
      ISBN10: 0571234496
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      An epic tale of nineteenth-century India - of Sanjay, a poet, and Sikander, a warrior; of hoofbeats thundering through the streets of Calcutta; of great wars and love affairs and a city gone mad with poetry. Woven into it are the adventures of a young Indian criss-crossing America in a car with his friends.

      ''A dazzling first novel . . . Not merely drawing on myth but making it.'' Lucy Hughes-Hallett, Sunday Times

      ''Marvellous and compelling.'' Charles Palliser

      ''A brilliant novel of wondrous conjuring and stunning import.'' John Hawkes

      ''One of the finest Indian novels of the decade.'' Shashi Tharoor

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