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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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lrb published on Fri, 3 Sep 2010
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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
- Others 275 Pages
- ISBN-10: 3150090946
- ISBN-13: 9783150090947
- Publisher: Reclam, Ditzingen
- Pub date: Jan 01, 2002
- Also available as: Paperback, Hardcover and Audio Cassette
- In other languages: other languages
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| ISBN | Edition | List | Sale | Seller |
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| 9783150090947 | Others | $9.22 | $7.63 | The Book Depository |
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