Winner of the Betty Trask prize, and nominated for the Guardian First Fiction Prize; 'colourful, spirited and crackling with charm' (Guardian)
Life may not be easy for a sixteen-year-old girl living in small-town South India, especially when she's blessed with a family like hers: an over-dutiful sister; a brother who watches TV as an occupation; a father who drinks and bullies his family and a silent mother. When the inevitable marriage is arranged for her, fuelled by her dreams and Audrey Hepburn movies, she runs away to The City.
Secretly hoping she will step right into the shoes of her favourite character, Holly Golightly, she enters the service of the benevolent Mr Aziz. Making new friends - Raju the servant with the heart of a revolutionary, Maneka the maid who disappears each night, and Armand, Mr Aziz's arrogant but seductive son - she embraces this brave new world (acquiring a taste for croissants and champagne) but soon realises she can't run forever...
| ISBN: | 9780747553410 |
| Publication date: | 6th August 2001 |
| Author: | Rajeev Balasubramanyam |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 246 pages |
| Series: | Bloomsbury Paperbacks |
| Genres: |
Modern and Contemporary Fiction |
Winner of the Betty Trask prize, and nominated for the Guardian First Fiction Prize; 'colourful, spirited and crackling with charm' (Guardian)Life may not be easy for a sixteen-year-old girl living in small-town South India, especially when she's blessed with a family like hers: an over-dutiful sister; a brother who watches TV as an occupation; a father who drinks and bullies his family and a silent mother. When the inevitable marriage is arranged for her, fuelled by her dreams and Audrey Hepburn movies, she runs away to The City.
In Beautiful Disguises features in the following genres: Modern and Contemporary Fiction
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In Beautiful Disguises was written by Rajeev Balasubramanyam and published by Bloomsbury an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing
In Beautiful Disguises has 246 pages
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