Mumbai Noir

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Mumbai Noir
Authors and Contributors      Edited by Altaf Tyrewala
SeriesAkashic Noir
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:288
Dimensions(mm): Height 210,Width 133
Category/GenreAnthologies
Crime and mystery
ISBN/Barcode 9781617750274
ClassificationsDewey:823.08720808914
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Akashic Books,U.S.
Imprint Akashic Books,U.S.
Publication Date 19 April 2012
Publication Country United States

Description

Following the Bombay Communal Riots of 1992 which saw neighbour pitched against neighbour in fierce bouts of internecine violence, came the retaliatory bomb blasts of 1993 and the name change to Mumbai in 1995. Mumbai Noir captures the essence of a city dominated by wealth and the lack of it, where the shadowy aspects of life are never far from the ordinary person. Psychopath Romeos stalk ordinary women, men flirt with death in dance bars and families fall through the cracks of communal living in this phenomenal collection of noir literature.