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Narcopolis  (English, Hardcover, Thayil Jeet)

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  • Language: English
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Publisher: Faber & Faber
  • Genre: Fiction
  • ISBN: 9780571283071, 9780571283071
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    Narcopolis is a novel by Jeet Thayil which is set in the Old Bombay of 1970s.

    Summary of the Book

    The story begins in the 1970s, in Shuklaji Street, Old Bombay. Here, in the opium room of a man known as Rashid, the air is heavy with intoxicating fumes. A voluptuous young woman holds a stemmed pipe over a flame, offering it to the men sprawled around her. The seduction of opium beckons even the most stalwart of men. In this world, stray dogs hunt in packs and street vendors hustle. Prostitutes call out to their quarry as their pimps wait outside their caged rooms, eager to collect their due. This dark and pitiful world is threatened by the news of a new terror, a stone killer known as Pathar Maar. This killer is after the nameless and invisible poor, an infinitely large tribe in this dark and shattered city. In a broad sweep, this novel covers the lives of people living in the Bombay of the 1970s. It is peopled by colourful yet dark characters such as whores, pushers, poets, gangsters and eunuchs, and is an odyssey into a large underworld of unimaginable depth.

    About Jeet Thayil

    Jeet Thayil is an Indian novelist and poet. He has also written several collections of poems, including These Errors Are Correct, English, Apocalypso and Gemini.

    The above title was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2012, the Man Asian Literary Prize and The Hindu Literary Prize.

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    • Faber & Faber
    Awards
    • DSC Prize for South Asian Literature
    Award Year
    • 2013
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    Ratings & Reviews
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    4

    And yes the drug went straight to my mind

    Yess the book is worth its price...an awesome sitback while ur travelling or wen in search of a good book...
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    Smit Badiani

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    Apr, 2014

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    4

    the narcopolis

    was hoping it wouldn't be a shantaram 2.0, and NO it isn't.
    extremely well written.
    people have compared his style to salman rushdie, mostly is true. you can see a lot of similarity in their narration. (of course Mr.Rushdie can't be compared to a newbie)
    it isn't a must read. but is worth every penny.
    i give it a generous 4/5.
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    Ashwath Govind

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    Dec, 2012

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    sheds of dark

    this isa book for teh readers, who read books fort he flow of events, for the descriprion, for moving back and forth in history... all booker nominees carry a distinct mark.

    midmights children, sesne of an ending, noe nacropolis, all are teh same yet different.

    there is nothing to say aboutt eh book as it deals omn the fgeneral stroy of opium/eunchs/prostitures, sexual desires.. .

    BUT THE BEST PART IS THE RPESENTATION.
    U FEEL AS IF U R A PART OF THE PROCEEDINGS.
    and peobably that is what ...
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    sk mishra

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    Oct, 2012

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    5

    Prose or Poetry?

    Jeet Thayil has churned out a beautiful book. It is so magical and lyrical that one can hardly believe that they are reading prose. No wonder it was shortlisted for Booker Prize.

    Also, the hard back is a delight to look at.
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    Rigya Singh

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    Oct, 2013

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    Poetic

    A very good novel. content is explicit which i love. the way of writing is too cool.i liked the way the author has played with the words. a good literary work. theres a buzz that u wont love this novel if u have not tried drugs which is totally untrue. i'm clean and i just loved it.
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    Lonely Soul

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    Dec, 2012

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    I would be interested in exchange

    I went through various reviews .. and particularly liked the one where it says.. pl dont picture bad India ... dont use slumdog millionaire style .. it is also a good point of view. On the other hand.. in art ..dark side brings various things out and liked by us.. guns are always loved in movies.. I guess this novel is a fiction and not a documentary on Mumbai .. so it should interesting with new facts ..may be on darker side..
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    R J

    Nov, 2012

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    Spellbinding

    Narcopolis is a hard hitting, realistic book that shines a light on the drug sub-culture in Bombay over the past 4 decades. The story revolves a motley cast and traces their lives against the backdrop of a fast changing city. Thayil's biggest success is that he neither glamorizes nor vilifies any of the protagonists, instead describing their weaknesses and foibles without any judgement or pity. Ultimately, this is a book about Bombay - perhaps the biggest drug of them all. A good read for tho...
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    Aditya W

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    Feb, 2012

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    Jeet Thayil’s Narcopolis: Memory, Addiction and Affection

    Jeet Thayil’s debut novel Narcopolis (2012) marks a continuation in the Indian literary scene of a conscious awareness of the problematics of identity and belonging (personal, religious, sexual, regional, national, and international) in an ever evolving post-independent, post-colonial India. The backdrop of the drug world where an unlikely set of characters come together provides the locus for the intersection of these elements. This theme is infused formalistically with a conscious stylistic...
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    Anjumon Sahin

    Jan, 2013

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    Scrambled

    stories are all scrambled,u hv 2 find in ur own way 2 unscramble it 2 get 2 the real perspective of the story....anyways the story is really good but not for casual readers bcoz tin hurry they might get jumbled up in real mess and find the book really uninteresting....but a must read for the willing ones
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    Emmanuel

    Jan, 2013

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    Luring

    And when I flipped the book open; out came that proverbial smoke, grabbing me by the wrist and dragging me into the second dimension.

    Narcopolis transports you into the world of 'O' and Mumbai. Very well written. If you're looking for a book that isn't very demanding then this is the book for you.
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    David

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    Oct, 2012

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