Such a long journey
It is Bombay in 1971, the year India went to war over what was to become Bangladesh. A hard-working bank clerk, Gustad Noble is a devoted family man whose modest life begins unraveling-- his young daughter falls ill, his promising son defies his father's ambitions for him ... One day, he receives a letter from an old friend, asking for his help. Noble finds himself unwittingly drawn into a dangerous network of deception and becomes caught in a political scandal.
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- Full title :Such a long journey / Rohinton Mistry.
Summary
It is Bombay in 1971, the year India went to war over what was to become Bangladesh. A hard-working bank clerk, Gustad Noble is a devoted family man whose modest life begins unraveling-- his young daughter falls ill, his promising son defies his father's ambitions for him ... One day, he receives a letter from an old friend, asking for his help. Noble finds himself unwittingly drawn into a dangerous network of deception and becomes caught in a political scandal.
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- Publication Date:1992.
- Edition:1st Vintage International ed
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Vintage Books
- Place of Publication:New York
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:1992.
Notes
Originally published in Great Britain by Faber & Faber, Ltd., London, in 1991.
The Physical Object
- Description:339 pages ; : 21 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0679738711, 9780679738718
- oclc:ocm24953207
- LC Classification:PR9199.3.M494
- Dewey Decimal:813/.54
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