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White Man Falling Mike Stocks

White Man Falling By Mike Stocks

White Man Falling by Mike Stocks


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Summary

Police sub-inspector, Swami has lost his job after suffering a stroke. He can no longer talk properly or command the respect of his community. But as strange incidents occur, Swami's hometown starts to believe he is walking with God. This is a tale of domestic catastrophe, deluded match-making and mystical absurdity set in a town in South India.

White Man Falling Summary

White Man Falling by Mike Stocks

"White Man Falling" is a tale of domestic catastrophe, accidental crime-busting, deluded match-making and mystical absurdity set in a small town in South India. Police sub-inspector, Swami has lost his job after suffering a stroke while beating up a Very Guilty Suspect. He can no longer talk properly, command the respect of his community, or give his six daughters the bankrupting dowries they deserve - and his wife is obsessed with securing the Most Expensive Husbands in India. No wonder Swami has lost his pride and wants to kill himself using only a puncture repair kit. Surely, a man in these circumstances has good reason to feel cursed when a white man falls out of the sky and lands on him in a busy street, dying in front of his eyes and making him a laughing stock. But as further strange incidents occur, Swami's hometown starts to believe he is walking with God, and life becomes easier...Mike Stocks' comic tour de force brilliantly exemplifies how sometimes in life meaningless events can produce meaningful effects.

White Man Falling Reviews

'It is the precision and originality of Michael Stock's prose that makes this tragi-comedy of Indian manners hard to put down and a joy to pick up.' - The Spectator Stocks's poetic background manifests itself in beautiful turns of phrase and in the interweaving of Indian English throughout the text... White Man Falling is a reminder that a single location and perspective, and linear chronology, can be deeply satisfying. - THE TIMES

About Mike Stocks

Mike Stocks was born in Lancashire and educated at Birmingham University, and currently lives in Edinburgh. He writes novels, children's books, poetry and translations, and has worked both as a lexicographer and as an editor for several British publishers. He is the founder and editor of Anon, the anonymous submissions poetry magazine. His debut literary novel, White Man Falling, will be published by Alma Books in September 2006, and his translations of Roman poet Belli by Oneworld Classics in Spring 2007.

Additional information

GOR003392926
9781846880094
1846880092
White Man Falling by Mike Stocks
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Alma Books Ltd
2006-08-22
296
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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