false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223643239m/165602.jpg 165602 11 Welcome to the Fisherman's Rest, a little bar off the Sasoon Dock in Bombay where Mr. Subramaniam spins his tales for a select audience. This is the setting for Vikram Chandra's collection of seven short stories, <I>Love and Longing in Bombay</I>, and Subramaniam is Chandra's Scheherezade. In these stories, Chandra has covered the gamut of genres: there is a ghost story, a love story, a murder mystery, and a crime story, each tale joined to the others by the voice of the elusive narrator. In "Shakti," a discussion about real estate leads to the story of a soldier who must exorcise a ghostly child from his family home. In the final story, "Shanti," a young woman's despair about the state of the country becomes a springboard for a tale of love and hope. <P> <I>Love and Longing in Bombay</I> is a mesmerizing collection, filled with fully rounded characters and stories that resonate long after the book is back on the shelf. Chandra's prose is luminous, his tales satisfying. Scheherezade would be impressed. 939142 1997 Love and Longing in Bombay: Stories total:243|5:47|4:95|3:74|2:23|1:4| 243 887 401 32 165602 0316136778 9780316136778 214 28 3.65 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223643239m/165602.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/165602.Love_and_Longing_in_Bombay_Stories 5 0 false Thu May 10 18:34:59 -0700 2007 Thu May 10 18:40:03 -0700 2007 more...]]> 165602 0316136778 9780316136778 214 28 3.65 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223643239m/165602.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/165602.Love_and_Longing_in_Bombay_Stories 4 0 false Fri Jan 23 13:32:04 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 23 15:04:43 -0800 2009 more...]]> 165602 0316136778 9780316136778 214 28 3.65 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223643239m/165602.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/165602.Love_and_Longing_in_Bombay_Stories 3 0 false Fri Jun 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Dec 29 13:05:56 -0800 2008 Fri Jun 19 10:20:12 -0700 2009 Overall i thought Chandra's writing was beautiful, rich and vivid. 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