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To claim his late father's fortune, Joshua King must first write a best-selling novel within the next five years, but Joshua would rather spend his life traveling, taking drugs, growing his hair, and enjoying the dirty Delhi flophouse where he is living and where he encounters the mysterious, perhaps mystical Baba, who could prove to be the inspiration for a major bestseller. A first novel. Original. 25,000 first printing.

Every writer dreams of producing a literary work that defines his or her generation. For J.D. Salinger, it was The Catcher in the Rye; for Alex Garland, The Beach. But for Will Rhode, it's, well, something like The Beach-but different. Born in London, Rhode has worked for Reuters in India, made films in Thailand, and wrote financial journalism in Hong Kong. He worked as the editor of Risk, a financial magazine, until he worked up the courage to quit and write a paperback original.