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2001 Nominated

The Blue Bedspread

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ABOUT
THE BOOK

In a house on a Calcutta street, lit by the half-light of a yellow street lamp, lies a baby, one day old, wrapped in its hospital towel. In the next room sits a man, all alone, writing. Who is this man, at once frightened and determined? What is he writing? Where has the baby come from and where will it go? Tonight, these questions will be answered when the man unravels the dark secrets he has carried all his life.

 

ABOUT
THE AUTHOR Raj
Kamal Jha

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Country
India
Author
Publisher
Picador (UK)

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