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Narcopolis - A Novel

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A hallucinatory journey through Bombay's dark alleys.

Narcopolis could be a good read for someone who enjoys unconventional stories with vivid imagery and raw emotions. The book explores the dark side of drugs, sex, and addiction, using poetic language and a non-linear narrative that captures the essence of Bombay's gritty underbelly. Readers who appreciate the works of William S. Burroughs or Baudelaire would surely be captivated by Thayil's imaginative and subversive style, as he weaves together a complex web of characters grappling with their own demons. Narcopolis is a book that defies expectations and challenges traditional literary norms, offering a powerful commentary on society's many ills.

  • Booker Prize Nominee (2012)
  • Man Asian Literary Prize Nominee (2012)
  • The Hindu Literary Prize Nominee (2012)
  • DSC Prize for South Asian Literature (2013)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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ISBN: 9780143123033
Authors: Jeet Thayil
Publisher: Penguin Books
Date of Publication: 2012-09-26
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Historical Fiction, Contemporary, Literary Fiction
Related Topics: Literature, Asia
Goodreads rating: 3.43
(rated by 7526 readers)

Description

Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize Written in poetic and affecting prose, Jeet Thayil's luminous debut novel charts the evolution of a great and broken metropolis across three decades. A rich, hallucinatory dream that captures Bombay in all its compelling squalor, Narcopolis completely subverts and challenges the literary traditions for which the Indian novel is celebrated. It is a book about drugs, sex, death, perversion, addiction, love, and God and has more in common in its subject matter with the work of William S. Burroughs or Baudelaire than with that of the subcontinent's familiar literary lights. Above all, it is a fantastical portrait of a beautiful and damned generation in a nation about to sell its soul.
 

A hallucinatory journey through Bombay's dark alleys.

Narcopolis could be a good read for someone who enjoys unconventional stories with vivid imagery and raw emotions. The book explores the dark side of drugs, sex, and addiction, using poetic language and a non-linear narrative that captures the essence of Bombay's gritty underbelly. Readers who appreciate the works of William S. Burroughs or Baudelaire would surely be captivated by Thayil's imaginative and subversive style, as he weaves together a complex web of characters grappling with their own demons. Narcopolis is a book that defies expectations and challenges traditional literary norms, offering a powerful commentary on society's many ills.

  • Booker Prize Nominee (2012)
  • Man Asian Literary Prize Nominee (2012)
  • The Hindu Literary Prize Nominee (2012)
  • DSC Prize for South Asian Literature (2013)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.