542 pages
English language
Published Feb. 20, 1995 by Little, Brown and Co..
4 stars
(1 review)
An Indian student, home from college in the U.S., shoots a monkey who turns out to be the reincarnation of a poet. Subsequently the two take turns telling their story, the poet recalling epic deeds of glory in fighting the British Raj, the student of materialism and boredom in America.
Subjects
- East Indian students -- United States -- Fiction.
- Human-animal relationships -- Fiction.
- Reincarnation -- Fiction.
- Storytelling -- Fiction.
- Young men -- Fiction.
- Monkeys -- Fiction.
- India -- Fiction.