![]() ![]() Lee, a former soldier who fled communist China and ended up in Bombay.Īs the years pass Rashid’s business thrives as its reputation grows, and not just among the local population. She’s an expert in the art of preparing the pipes for clients, an expertise acquired through a friendship with Mr. It’s a strange, often confusing, yet compulsive debut novel that largely revolves around the owner and clients of an opium house on Shuklaji Street in Bombay.Īs the book opens we’re introduced to the owner Rashid and his assistant Dimple who it transpires has been a eunuch since early childhood. Narcopolis by the Indian author Jeet Thayil is a tale of obsession told through the blue haze of opium smoke and the white lines of and heroin powder. ![]()
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