The Drunk Bird Chronicles
By
Malay Chatterje
Contributor
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Item Type
Paperback
Serial
16649
Publisher
Speaking Tiger Books LLP
Description
388p.
ISBN / ISSN No.
978-9389231878
Summay
Allegro Armstrong Braganza, the eponymous avian chronicler of this novel, is immoral, immortal, irreverent, intelligent, irritable and often drunk. Born in the forests beyond Shillong, he was a foul-mouthed friend of the eccentric Englishman Gareth Armstrong; then coarse companion to his daughter Rachel who married a talented Anglo-Indian piano tuner named Emilio Braganza; and finally avuncular anchor to five subsequent generations of this expansive British-Goan family who travel across India and the globe to further their various quests—Orlando in Cambodia studying the architecture of the Angkor Wat, Bella learning translation in Portugal, Maria in Almora furthering her dance ambitions under the tutelage of Uday Shankar, and Asifio in New Delhi continuing the family’s thriving music shop in Connaught Place.
DDC Classification No.
891
Accession No.
16649
Current Location
Neeti Bagh
Shelving location
58
Status
Available
Category
Literarure