Mrs D' Silva and the Lucknow Ransom
Glen Peters
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Description for Mrs D' Silva and the Lucknow Ransom
Paperback. Beautiful widow Joan D'Silva is at Howrah Station, fleeing Calcutta with her 11-year-old son Errol. Also on the same train is Laxhimi, a notorious hijira prostitute: charismatic, sensual and powerful. They are both running away to Lucknow to escape danger, but soon their lives will become entangled in a web of corruption and blackmail. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127. .
Beautiful widow Joan D'Silva is at Howrah Station, fleeing Calcutta with her 11-year-old son Errol. Also on the same train is Laxhimi, a notorious hijira prostitute: charismatic, sensual and powerful. They are both running away to Lucknow to escape danger, but soon their lives will become entangled in a web of corruption and blackmail. Who is responsible for the poisoning at the factory? Is it the Workers Revolutionary Movement, the Children of God under the sway of the charismatic Swami Naik, or someone else entirely? If only the police could help. But Detective Inspector Mallothra has based his ... Read more
Beautiful widow Joan D'Silva is at Howrah Station, fleeing Calcutta with her 11-year-old son Errol. Also on the same train is Laxhimi, a notorious hijira prostitute: charismatic, sensual and powerful. They are both running away to Lucknow to escape danger, but soon their lives will become entangled in a web of corruption and blackmail. Who is responsible for the poisoning at the factory? Is it the Workers Revolutionary Movement, the Children of God under the sway of the charismatic Swami Naik, or someone else entirely? If only the police could help. But Detective Inspector Mallothra has based his ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Parthian Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Cardigan, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781910901229
SKU
V9781910901229
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-50
About Glen Peters
Glen Peters was brought up in an Anglo-Indian railway community in early post-independence India. His family was from Lucknow. After attending university in London he had a successful career with an international accounting firm. He lives in Pembrokeshire where he runs an arts charity and a renewables business.
Reviews for Mrs D' Silva and the Lucknow Ransom
A gripping storyteller
Telegraph of Calcutta Wonderfully evokes time and place, and gives a sense of the betrayal and loss that change can cause.
Books Quarterly A fascinating, first-hand insight into the Anglo-Indian community in post independence India...a compelling contribution to social history.
The Book Hound Peters leads his reader through 1960s Calcutta with ... Read more
Telegraph of Calcutta Wonderfully evokes time and place, and gives a sense of the betrayal and loss that change can cause.
Books Quarterly A fascinating, first-hand insight into the Anglo-Indian community in post independence India...a compelling contribution to social history.
The Book Hound Peters leads his reader through 1960s Calcutta with ... Read more