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by
CLIVE JAMES
Książka używana, w języku angielskim Stan książki: bdb-/bdb
Oprawa: twarda z obwolutą
Ilość stron: 263
Rok wydania: 1996
Tragi-comic story of growing up in Bombay
A brilliant celebration of the Indian film world, this is the tragi-comic story of Sanjay, a Bombay pavement child, who grows up fascinated by Bollywood and its stars and whose lifelong dream is to join them in their silver castle. Sanjay learns to charm and outwit tourists and uses his sex appeal and hard-won ability to speak English to get jobs guiding film crews on the 'poverty trail'. He even manages to become a stunt man and begins a career in films himself, until his world collapses and he loses everything, ending up more or less in the gutter where he started. "Often hilarious and always ironic, this is James's best novel" Independent; "The most gripping, entertaining, funny and moving novel I've read for a long time...a novel which held me, in tears and laughter and back again to tears, throughout its pages" Sunday Telegraph; "There is much to enjoy here, flair, colour, a real feel for the country...We all know about Clive James the great wit. This book confirms the wit has a sensitive heart" Meera Syal, Daily Express; "Extremely affecting...skilful and eloquent. What we care about is Sanjay, his hopeless position and his misery" Mail on Sunday
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