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'A beautiful collection, full of affection and an extremely funny book.' – Salman Rushdie
In this collection of nine linked stories, young Farrukh recounts his years growing up in a Parsi neighbourhood in Poona during the fifties.
Sarbatwalla Chowk is the centre of the world of those he remembers: Eddie the Inventor and his Big Boy; the massive Samson, who lives on the street and refuses to get a job; the blind man and his guide, Black Dog, supposed to have special powers; Terry Soakum, the Australian crybaby who has his eye on Farrukh's swimming trunks; Confession D'Souza, the scholarship boy who loses favour with the Jesuits over a 'dirty book' and later becomes a courageous journalist; Chamak, a permanent pimple on his big nose, who wants to win the college elections and the heart of 'Jhansi-ki-Rani'. There's Farrukh himself, distressed over a pair of broken spectacles, or a knife-fight at school.
Warm, funny, sometimes sad but always delightful, Poona Company seems as fresh as when it was first published in 1980, and presents a picture of small-town India observed with a sharp eye and a fond heart – a combination still rare in Indian fiction.
| Book: | Poona Company |
| Author: | Farrukh Dhondy |
| ISBN: | 817223791X |
| ISBN-13: | 9788172237912 |
| Binding: | Paperback |
| Publishing Date: | 2008-12-01 |
| Publisher: | Harpercollins |
| Number of Pages: | 160 |
| Language: | English |
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