{"product_id":"great-eastern-hotel-9780007143931","title":"Great Eastern Hotel","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Ruchir Joshi\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: HarperCollins Publishers\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA rich, teeming, involving epic of war, famine, love and culture-clash in imperial Calcutta during World War Two – Joshi is ‘The brand new experience after Rushdie: a megashow, Russian in size, Indian in soul' (India Today)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is the second novel from Ruchir Joshi, author of The Last Jet-Engine Laugh which many stubbornly continue to believe is a twisted, flawed masterpiece of a debut novel. In India that book was greeted as the most significant Indian debut since Rushdie's Midnight’s Children.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJoshi is the real thing, and here to stay and thrive as a writer. This new book is a brilliant prospect, promising a rich, teeming, involving tale with an unusual, fascinating setting – the fading imperial city of Calcutta in the 1940s, with world war, famine, culture-clash, colonial retreat, exile, rebellion, idealism and religious strife all in the mix.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt will be less formally daring than his first (i.e. less jump-cutting time-wise), which, commercially speaking, is probably good news. And it will have all the epic sweep, resilience of the human spirit and war-torn romance that make for blockbuster success!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45848821465239,"sku":"9780007143931","price":1697.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780007143931.webp?v=1768603076","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/great-eastern-hotel-9780007143931","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}