Signed by the author on the title page. Author's first novel. Dust jacket not price clipped, now protected. Has the spring and straightness of an unread copy. Weysprings Books is a Member of: the IOBA and PBFA, and subscribes to the Associations' Codes of Ethics.

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Title

The Last Jet-Engine Laugh

Publisher

Flamingo, London

Publication Date

2001

Language

English

ISBN 10

0002570890

ISBN 13

9780002570893

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

First UK Edition, First Printing

Condition

Fine

Dust Jacket Condition

Fine

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Signed by Author(s)

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It is the not-so-distant future, and in the belligerent wannabe superpower that is India, Para, a tomboyish fighter pilot, flies sorties against the Pak-Saudi alliance. She has been trained to kill, to be a deadly instrument for the military ambitions of an ultra-modern, ultra-competitive state. And yet it is less than a hundred years since her smart, sarcastic, principled grandparents met on a non-violent demonstration against British rule in Ahmedabad, falling in love as they were trampled by the mounted police. Their only son, Paresh, grows up to drift through life, torn in different directions all at once, though he does produce an entirely spirited daughter - Para.
How did India get to Para from her grandparents? And what happened to the generation in between, of Paresh and his peers? Moving between crowd scenes and midair battles, between sexual farce and social embarrassment, Joshi maps the arcs made by these four striking characters, by the family they make up, and by their country across a complex and confused century.

About the Author

ruchir joshi is a trained and practising filmmaker in India. Born and raised in Calcutta, he now lives in Delhi. This is his first book.

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