Adultery and Other Stories

Author: Farrukh Dhondy
Publisher: HarperCollins
Year: 2011
Language: English
Pages: 280
ISBN/UPC (if available): 9789350291078

Description

Delightful stories about love, lust, friendship, betrayal and the ways of the heart

An ageing and unsuccessful poet whose life and literary views have been overtaken by rap artists, celebrity-hungry American students, Indian archaeologists and other hustlers.

His patient and abandoned wife who sets out on her voyage of discovery. London’s Indian gigolos and their American victims or predators. A small-town mathematics-teacher-turned-cheese-impresario.

An Englishman – waiting for a transplant that would enable him to start a family-exchanging desperate emails with a prospective donor’s relative.

As these disparate elements come together in a delightful mix, we encounter the tragedy – of good intentions, in monumental proportions. Relationships fold and unfold as faith and the seventh commandment are tested and broken in these enjoyable stories.

Contents

1. Boogoo
2. Bollox
3. Adultery
4. E-mailwallahs
5. Say Cheese
6. Short Stem Judas
7. Jig Jigolo