The Cripple and His Talisnams

Prepare to enter a world where the norms of human behavior andmorality-even the rules governing time and gravity-are turnedupside down. Set in the teeming city of contemporary Bombay, thiscomic and vibrant tale begins with a young man in search of hismissing arm. Each person he meets offers him a clue: a woman whosells rainbows; a coffin maker who builds tiny caskets; a giant wholives under water-all lead him to Baba Rakhu, the master of theunderworld and the only one who can reveal the meaning of hispredicament. With humour and ingenuity, Anosh Irani has crafted a bold storythat is as much about loss as it is about the presence of faith ina world that can be as cruel as it can be forgiving