The Resource The selected works of Abdullah the Cossack : a novel, H. M. Naqvi
The selected works of Abdullah the Cossack : a novel, H. M. Naqvi
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The item The selected works of Abdullah the Cossack : a novel, H. M. Naqvi represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in DC Public Library System.
This item is available to borrow from 2 library branches.
- Summary
- "Winner of the inaugural DSC Prize for South Asian Literature, H.M. Naqvi follows his critically-lauded debut Home Boy with The Selected Works of Abdullah the Cossack, an enthralling novel about one unforgettable and gloriously unaccomplished man, his impending death, and the history and life of his bustling, shape-shifting city. Abdullah, bachelor and scion of a once prominent family, awakes on the morning of his seventieth birthday and considers launching himself over the balcony. Having spent years attempting to compile a "mythopoetic legacy" of his beloved Karachi, the cosmopolitan heart of Pakistan, Abdullah has lost his zeal. A surprise invitation for a night out from his old friend Felix Pinto snaps Abdullah out of his funk, and saddles him with a ward--Pinto's adolescent grandson Bosco. As Abdullah plays mentor to Bosco, he also attracts the romantic attentions of Jugnu, an enigmatic siren with links to the mob. All the while Abdullah's brothers' plot to evict him from the family estate. Now he must to try to save his home--or face losing his last connection to his familial past. Anarchic, erudite, and rollicking, with a septuagenarian protagonist like no other, The Selected Works of Abdullah the Cossack is a joyride of a story set against a kaleidoscopic portrait of one of the world's most vibrant cities" --
- Language
- eng
- Edition
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- First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition.
- First edition.
- Extent
- 294 pages
- Isbn
- 9780802128942
- Label
- The selected works of Abdullah the Cossack : a novel
- Title
- The selected works of Abdullah the Cossack
- Title remainder
- a novel
- Statement of responsibility
- H. M. Naqvi
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Winner of the inaugural DSC Prize for South Asian Literature, H.M. Naqvi follows his critically-lauded debut Home Boy with The Selected Works of Abdullah the Cossack, an enthralling novel about one unforgettable and gloriously unaccomplished man, his impending death, and the history and life of his bustling, shape-shifting city. Abdullah, bachelor and scion of a once prominent family, awakes on the morning of his seventieth birthday and considers launching himself over the balcony. Having spent years attempting to compile a "mythopoetic legacy" of his beloved Karachi, the cosmopolitan heart of Pakistan, Abdullah has lost his zeal. A surprise invitation for a night out from his old friend Felix Pinto snaps Abdullah out of his funk, and saddles him with a ward--Pinto's adolescent grandson Bosco. As Abdullah plays mentor to Bosco, he also attracts the romantic attentions of Jugnu, an enigmatic siren with links to the mob. All the while Abdullah's brothers' plot to evict him from the family estate. Now he must to try to save his home--or face losing his last connection to his familial past. Anarchic, erudite, and rollicking, with a septuagenarian protagonist like no other, The Selected Works of Abdullah the Cossack is a joyride of a story set against a kaleidoscopic portrait of one of the world's most vibrant cities" --
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- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Naqvi, H. M
- Dewey number
- 813/.6
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Older men
- Karachi (Pakistan)
- Label
- The selected works of Abdullah the Cossack : a novel, H. M. Naqvi
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1057731363
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Edition
-
- First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition.
- First edition.
- Extent
- 294 pages
- Isbn
- 9780802128942
- Lccn
- 2018047029
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Label
- The selected works of Abdullah the Cossack : a novel, H. M. Naqvi
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1057731363
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Edition
-
- First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition.
- First edition.
- Extent
- 294 pages
- Isbn
- 9780802128942
- Lccn
- 2018047029
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
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