false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175708143m/131110.jpg 131110 4 In <b>Tropical Classical</b> the author of <i>Video Nights in Katmandu</i> and <i>The Lady and the Monk</i> visits a holy city in Ethiopia, where hooded worshippers practice a Christianity that has remained unchanged since the Middle Ages. He follows the bewilderingly complex route of Bombay's <i>dabbawallahs</i>, who each day ferry 100,000 different lunches to 100,000 different workers.<br><br>Iyer chats with the Dalai Lama and assesses the books of Salman Rushdie and Cormac McCarthy. And he brings his perceptive eye and unflappable wit to bear on the postmodern vogues for literary puffery, sexual gamesmanship, and frequent-flier miles. Glittering with aphorisms, overflowing with insight, and often hilarious, <b>Tropical Classical</b> represents some of Iyer's finest work.<br><br><br><i>From the Trade Paperback edition.</i> 2954385 4 1997 Tropical Classical total:42|5:6|4:16|3:18|2:2|1:0| 42 152 75 2 5 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Sun Sep 09 21:26:27 -0700 2007 Tue Dec 25 21:03:09 -0800 2007 0 0 false false Sun Apr 13 22:57:21 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 01 16:12:30 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Sun Nov 08 17:40:22 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 08 17:40:22 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Fri Nov 06 13:03:40 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 06 13:03:40 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Fri Oct 30 09:09:10 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 30 09:09:10 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Oct 20 10:47:44 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 20 10:47:44 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Oct 17 11:28:32 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 17 11:28:39 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Oct 14 07:25:08 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 14 07:25:08 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Sep 27 21:32:43 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 27 21:32:52 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Aug 04 07:07:46 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 29 11:19:56 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Jul 30 19:01:24 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 30 19:01:24 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Jul 24 19:07:52 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 24 19:07:52 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Jul 22 13:31:30 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 22 13:31:34 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Jul 08 07:54:48 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 08 07:55:04 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon Jun 15 20:12:59 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 15 20:12:59 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Mon Jun 08 20:44:30 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 08 20:45:36 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Jun 06 08:39:51 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 06 08:39:51 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed Jun 03 14:58:16 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 03 14:58:16 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Thu May 28 07:47:08 -0700 2009 Thu May 28 07:47:08 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Sat May 16 07:20:30 -0700 2009 Sat May 16 07:20:37 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=131110