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A brave new life lies ahead! He's 23, educated, good-looking - a real Star of India. What can possibly stand in his way? Disillusion sets in. The Mother Country is a hostile place in which non-whites are not welcome. But the kindness of strangers helps Ravi to walk tall - and after six days of sleeping rough, his luck changes, for the Indian Magic curry house is recruiting for a dishwasher ...Wily boss, Mr Gokul Swami, immediately sees Ravi's potential, and much to the disgust of the other staff, treats him like a son. Meanwhile, Ravi's new best friend Bish is eager to indoctrinate the naive young man into the pleasures of alcohol and Swedish au pairs. Before long, all the promises he made to his mother in Simla have been broken again and again - and yes, again. When Ravi falls in love - deeply and forever - life takes a more dangerous turn. For the girl in question is the English Rose next door, and her father is unhinged. Anything could happen - and it does.Packed with adventure and humour, endlessly entertaining, INDIAN MAGIC is a slice of 1960s life, served with a twist of lemon by our likeable hero, Ravi. London's dodgy streets are very different from Simla's peaceful hills. Fog, Teddy Boys and nuns are just some of the challenges the young man must confront - for the natives here are really rather restless!

About the Author :
Balraj Khanna was born in the Punjab, India, and came to London in the Swinging Sixties to study English. Instead, he took to art - eventually becoming 'one of the most distinguished painters working in England' (Bryan Robertson). His enduring love of literature culminated in four works of fiction, of which the award-winning Nation of Fools was awarded the Winifred Holtby Prize. He has also written extensively about Indian art. Balraj Khanna still lives in London, next door to Lords Cricket Ground - which he describes as 'his spiritual home.'

Review :
'I am absolutely bowled over by this novel ... Balraj Khanna has written a novel that is funny, beautiful and heartrending. It tells the story of Ravi Kumar Mehra who comes to England from India for the dreadful winter of 1962 with an MA but has to work in an Indian restaurant. He is a wonderful creation and his adventures are as hilarious as they are fresh, yet always in the shadows, Khanna is holding up a mirror which reflects a declining England, a country on the wane, mired in its own history. The prose is spare and sparkles on the page as one might expect from a man included in the hundred top novelists of the 20th century. There is the energy of the subcontinent and the new India in this book and Khanna delivers all this with the wisdom of a Naipaul, the dexterity of Vikram Seth and the honesty and observation of Zadie Smith.' (Paul Pickering, novelist) 'The young Mehra's story reminds one of Tom Jones and Lucky Jim. Brilliant!' (Reginald Massey, critic and author)


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  • ISBN-13: 9781908446244
  • Publisher: HopeRoad Publishing Ltd
  • Publisher Imprint: HopeRoad
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1908446242
  • Publisher Date: 09 Jan 2014
  • Binding: Digital (delivered electronically)
  • No of Pages: 233


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