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In a vivid and magical story, this novel traces the misadventures of Alu, a young master weaver in a small Bengali village who is falsely accused of terrorism. Alu flees his home, traveling through Bombay to the Persian Gulf to North Africa with a bird-watching policeman in pursuit.
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Plot-driven, epic, prestige and relentless.
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“The boy had no sooner arrived, people said afterwards, than Balaram had run into the house to look for the Claws.”
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