“Bombay Time”
by Thrity Umrigar
Published: June 2002
ISBN: 0312286236

(Updated: January 20, 2007.)

From the Publisher…

At the wedding of a young man from a middle-class apartment building in Bombay, the men and women of this unique community gather together and look back on their youthful, idealistic selves and consider the changes the years have wrought. The lives of the Parsi men and women who grew up together in Wadi Baug are revealed in all their complicated humanity: Adi Patel’s disintegration into alcoholism; Dosamai’s gossiping tongue; and Soli Contractor’s betrayal and heartbreak. And observing it all is Rusi Bilimoria, a disillusioned businessman who struggles to make sense of his life and hold together a fraying community.

What a wonderful book! Wonderful.

On reading a really great book, there is often at least one moment when I wonder how on earth the author managed to say “that” and, I am usually in awe of their knowing that it wanted/needed/had to be said in the first place. Well… this book was/is filled with such moments.

A great context. Great characters. Wise and wonderful writing. A high 4 out of 5 on my scale.

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