I Am an Executioner
Love Stories
New York : Knopf, 2012.
Format: Ebook
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Edition: First edition.
Description: 1 online resource (259 pages)
"An explosive fiction debut from an astonishing new voice: darkly funny, wildly original stories about the power of love, and the love of power--two urgent human desires that inevitably, and often calamitously, intertwine. The unforgettable opener, "The Infamous Bengal Ming," is narrated by a misunderstood tiger whose affection for his keeper goes horribly awry. In "Demons," a woman tries to celebrate Thanksgiving after the sudden death of her husband, even though his corpse is still sprawled on their living-room floor. In "The Strange Career of Dr. Raju Gopalarajan," an ex-CompUSA employee sets up a medical practice in a suburban strip mall armed only with textbooks from the local library and fake business cards. The heroes--and anti-heroes--of I Am An Executioner include a railroad manager in a turn-of-the-century Indian village, the newlywed executioner of the title, and an elephant writing her autobiography--the creations of a riotous, singular imagination that promises to dazzle the universe of American fiction"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
The infamous Bengal Ming -- The strange career of Dr. Raju Gopalarajan -- Four Rajeshes -- I am an executioner -- Demons -- Narrative of Agent 97-4702 -- Bebhutibhushhan Mallik's final storyboard -- Elephants in captivity (part one) -- On the banks of the Table River (Planet Lucinda, Andromeda Galaxy, AD 2319).
ISBN:
9780307957573 (elerctronic bk.)
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