Fishhead: Republic of Want
- ISBN-10
- 1948954273
- ISBN-13
- 9781948954273
- Series
- Fishhead
- Category
- Fiction
- Pages
- 418
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2020-05-12
- Publisher
- Tortoise Books
- Author
- Ignatius Valentine Aloysius
Description
Amidst the teeming tenements of 1970s Bombay (Mumbai), a hungry teenage boy struggles through life in a poverty-stricken family ruled by a domineering alcoholic father, when suddenly he faces another challenge: the affections of an upper middle-class girl. In this exploration of poverty and pleasure, patriarchy and tragedy, Fishhead’s titular narrator must search for ways to bridge the gap between two seemingly irreconcilable worlds: the life he longs to live, and the one chosen for him by Destiny.
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