Last man in tower
Every building tells a story, but in the jungles of Mumbai, one building - and one man- stand on the borderline between India's past and its future. Ask any Bombaywallah about Vishram Society - Tower A of the Vishram Co-operative Housing Society - and you will be told that it has been pucca for some fifty years despite its location under the flight path and border of slums. But Bombay has changed in half a century - not least its name - and the world in which Tower A was first built is giving w…
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- Full title :Last man in tower / Aravind Adiga.
Summary
Every building tells a story, but in the jungles of Mumbai, one building - and one man- stand on the borderline between India's past and its future. Ask any Bombaywallah about Vishram Society - Tower A of the Vishram Co-operative Housing Society - and you will be told that it has been pucca for some fifty years despite its location under the flight path and border of slums. But Bombay has changed in half a century - not least its name - and the world in which Tower A was first built is giving way to a new city ...
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- Publication Date:2011.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Atlantic Books
- Place of Publication:London
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2011.
The Physical Object
- Description:421 pages : : map ; : 24 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781848875166, 1848875169, 9781848875173, 1848875177
- oclc:ocn711052715
- LC Classification:PR9619.4.A35
- Dewey Decimal:823.92
Table of Contents
Every building tells a story, but in the jungles of Mumbai, one building -- and one man- stand on the borderline between India's past and its future. Ask any Bombaywallah about Vishram Society -- Tower A of the Vishram Co-operative Housing Society -- and you will be told that it has been pucca for some fifty years despite its location under the flight path and border of slums. But Bombay has changed in half a century -- not least its name -- and the world in which Tower A was first built is giving way to a new city ...
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