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A touching and moving new novel of adolescence, ambition and self-realisation; of fathers and sons, of cricket and friendship. Set in contemporary Bombay.

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Aravind Adiga, geb. 1974 in Madras, wuchs zeitweise in Sydney, Australien, auf, studierte Englische Literatur an der Columbia University und am Magdalen College in Oxford. Er arbeitete als Korrespondent für die Zeitschrift Time und für die Financial Times. Er lebt in Mumbai, Indien.

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Aravind Adiga was born in Madras in 1974 and was raised in Australia. He studied at Columbia and Oxford Universities. A former correspondent in India for TIME Magazine, his articles have also appeared in publications like the FINANCIAL TIMES, the INDEPENDENT, and the SUNDAY TIMES. He lives in Mumbai.

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