Free Download The Selected Works of Abdullah the Cossack by H. M. Naqvi
English | March 12, 2019 | ISBN: 0802128947, 9780802146861 | True EPUB | 320 pages | 3.3 MB
The winner of the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature follows his debutHome Boywith "an unforgettable romp across love, life, and everything else" (Akhil Sharma, author of Family Life).
Abdullah, bachelor and scion of a once prominent family, awakes on the morning of his seventieth birthday and considers launching himself over the balcony. Having spent years attempting to compile a "mythopoetic legacy" of his beloved Karachi, the cosmopolitan heart of Pakistan, Abdullah has lost his zeal. A surprise invitation for a night out from his old friend Felix Pinto snaps Abdullah out of his funk and saddles him with a ward-Pinto's adolescent grandson Bosco. As Abdullah plays mentor to Bosco, he also attracts the romantic attentions of Jugnu, an enigmatic siren with links to the mob. All the while Abdullah's brothers' Description to evict him from the family estate. Now he must to try to save his home-or face losing his last connection to his familial past.
Anarchic, erudite, and rollicking, with a septuagenarian protagonist like no other,The Selected Works of Abdullah the Cossackis a joyride of a story set against a kaleidoscopic portrait of one of the world's most vibrant cities.
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