A wide-eyed boy growing up in suburban Calcutta in the 1960s experiences the world through the eyes of others - an intoxicating older cousin, a grandmother who weaves stories from the past and a family in London whose lives are intertwined with his. When a seemingly random act of violence threatens his vision of the world, he begins piecing together events for himself, and in the process unravels secrets with devastating consequences. Set in Calcutta and London and spanning generations from the outbreak of the Second World ...
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A wide-eyed boy growing up in suburban Calcutta in the 1960s experiences the world through the eyes of others - an intoxicating older cousin, a grandmother who weaves stories from the past and a family in London whose lives are intertwined with his. When a seemingly random act of violence threatens his vision of the world, he begins piecing together events for himself, and in the process unravels secrets with devastating consequences. Set in Calcutta and London and spanning generations from the outbreak of the Second World War to the late twentieth century, The Shadow Lines is a haunting novel from one of the world's greatest writers.
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Harper Perennial, Boston, MA
ISBN-13: 9780618329960
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2023,
Penguin Premium Classic, Delhi
ISBN-13: 9780670098149
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2011,
John Murray Publishers Ltd, London
ISBN-13: 9781848544178
Mass-market paperback
2010,
Brilliance Audio
ISBN-13: 9781441860637
Library edition
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2008,
Penguin Books India Pvt Ltd, New Delhi
ISBN-13: 9780670081813
Hardcover
1998,
Oxford University Press Indian Branch, Delhi
ISBN-13: 9780195636314
Paperback
1990,
Penguin Group, New York, NY
ISBN-13: 9780140118353
Trade paperback
1989,
Viking, New York, NY
ISBN-13: 9780670826339
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Hardcover
1989,
Black Swan, London
ISBN-13: 9780552993739
Paperback
1988,
South Asia Books
ISBN-13: 9780025160019
Hardcover
1988,
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, London
ISBN-13: 9780747502401
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