City Of Djinns : A Year In Delhi

(Paperback - 22-jan-2004)
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William Dalrymple

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As the author of the best travel book of recent years at theintensely irritating age of twenty-two, William Dalrymple has now shown that In Xanadu wasno fluke. City of Djinns is an entertaining mix of history and diaryinformed by a deep curiosity about the ways in which the ghosts  of eventhe most distant past still walk in the twentieth century. On one level thereare the amusing rites of passage, the struggles with bureaucracy, theeccentricity of author's landlord, all entertainingly related. He has a way ofletting you smell and feel the city. There are beautifully chiselleddescriptions of a grand capital, but much of the book's strength lies in hisskill in peeling the historical onion and showing how (the) New Delhi resonateswith  the old. A splendid tapestry.

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Review by Bharatwaj
This book gives an excellent amount of delhi geography and history.
I have read every book of his and this was my favorite.He is such an amazing travel writer that he will keep the characters(his landowners r very funny) alongside the story to make it interesting and also will side-by-side give immense knowledge.
His book the last mughal too goes in the same fashion

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Details of Book: City Of Djinns : A Year In Delhi Book: City Of Djinns : A Year In Delhi
Author: William Dalrymple
ISBN:

0143031066


ISBN-13:

9780143031062

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978-0143031062


Binding: Paperback
Publishing Date: 22-jan-2004
Publisher: Penguin Books India (penguin)
Number of Pages: 360
Language: English
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