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The selected works of Abdullah the Cossack : a novel

Naqvi, H. M., author

Overview

\"[A] novel about one unforgettable and gloriously unaccomplished man, his impending death, and the history and life of his bustling, shape-shifting city. Abdullah, bachelor and scion of a once prominent family, awakes on the morning of his seventieth birthday and considers launching himself over the balcony. Having spent years attempting to compile a 'mythopoetic legacy' of his beloved Karachi, the cosmopolitan heart of Pakistan, Abdullah has lost his zeal. A surprise invitation for a night out from his old friend Felix Pinto snaps Abdullah out of his funk, and saddles him with a ward--Pinto's adolescent grandson Bosco. As Abdullah plays mentor to Bosco, he also attracts the romantic attentions of Jugnu, an enigmatic siren with links to the mob. All the while Abdullah's brothers' plot to evict him from the family estate. Now he must to try to save his home--or face losing his last connection to his familial past\"--Provided by publisher.

• Publisher: Black Cat
• Subject: Older men Fiction. / Loyalty Fiction. / Self-realization Fiction. / Families Fiction. / Karachi (Pakistan) Fiction.
• ISBN: 9780802128942

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
PS3614.A675 S45 2019	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE