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A rickshaw driver dreams of being a Bombay movie star; Indian diplomats, who as childhood friends hatched Star Trek fantasies, must boldly go into a hidden universe of conspiracy and violence; and Hamlet's jester is caught up in murderous intrigues. In Rushdie's hybrid world, an Indian guru can be aContinue
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Real Magicians
Some years ago, in an essay called “A Writer’s Nightmare,” R.K. Narayan imagined himself a citizen of a strange country called Xanadu, where the government printer had made a grave error; five tons of forms meant for the controller of stores had been ... (read full critics)
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- English Books
- Paperback 224 Pages
- Edition: New Ed
- ISBN-10: 0099533014
- ISBN-13: 9780099533016
- Publisher: Vintage
- Pub date: Oct 05, 2006
- Dimensions: 1290 mm x 839 mm x 129 mm Just how big is that?
- Also available as: Hardcover, Audio Cassette and Others
- In other languages: other languages
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| 9780099533016 | Paperback | $12.86 | $10.05 | The Book Depository |
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