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The assassin's song

by M. G. Vassanji, Moyez Vassanji

2007 313 pages eng

Historical Fiction Literary Fiction
Shrines Sufism East Indians Authors, Canadian (English) Culture conflict India, fiction College students Fathers and sons Fiction, historical Fiction, psychological Manners and customs Fiction, historical, general Literature Social life and customs Fiction

In the aftermath of the brutal violence that gripped western India in 2002, Karsan Dargawalla, heir to Pirbaag -- the shrine of a mysterious, medieval sufi -- begins to tell the story of his family. His tale opens in the 1960s: young Karsan is next in line after his father to assume lordship of the …

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