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Author
Publisher
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"In Bangalore, India, five young women fight to save their homes, which are really only shacks and lean-tos, in a slum named "Heaven," which the city wants to bulldoze in order to accommodate its growing tech industry"--
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Author
Publisher
Rocabolsillo
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
Español
Description
Balram Halwai es un hombre complicado. Sirviente. Filósofo. Empresario. Asesino. Durante siete noches, a la luz mortecina de una ridícula araña, Balram nos cuenta su historia. Nacido en una villa en el corazón de la India, se formó un sueño en su cabeza: el de escapar de la orilla del Ganges, en cuyas oscuras profundidades se han podrido generaciones enteras. Para ello se traslada a Delhi, donde será contratado como chófer. Mientras los otros...
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Language
English
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Description
Balram Halwai is a complicated man. Servant. Philosopher. Entrepreneur. Murderer. Over the course of seven nights, by the scattered light of a preposterous chandelier, Balram tells the terrible and transfixing story of how he came to be a success in life -- having nothing but his own wits to help him along.
"The white tiger of this novel is Balram Halwai, a poor Indian villager whose great ambition leads him to the zenith of Indian business culture,...
Author
Publisher
Montlake
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Emma has always lived her life according to a plan. But after turning down her boyfriend's proposal, everything starts to crumble. In an effort to save the one thing she cares about - her job - she must recruit her colleague, Rishi, to be on her development team...only she may or may not have received the position he was promised. (She did.) Rishi cannot believe that he got passed over for promotion. To make matters worse, not only does his job require...
Author
Series
Inspector Gowda novels volume 2
Publisher
Bitter Lemon Press
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
Inspector Gowda is back in another nail-biting thriller set in Bangalore India, the city now a hub for child trafficking.
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