Ruchir Joshi

‘Riotously audacious and entertaining – cinematic, jazzlike, a humdinger of a novel’ – Kamila Shamsie August 1941. The world is at war. At the Great Eastern, Calcutta’s most luxurious hotel, amidst the feasting, dancing and laughter, we witness the metropolis in the last moments before disaster strikes. On the day the revered poet Rabindranath Tagore dies, the city comes to...

Beautifully written DAILY MAIL Heady, sensually described, deeply felt GUARDIAN A maximalist epic that grabs you by the collar THE STATESMAN Riotously audacious and entertaining – cinematic, jazzlike, a humdinger of a novel KAMILA SHAMSIE A humane and atmospheric love letter to a vibrant and irrepressible city DAILY MAIL I can’t remember the last time I read a book as...