In a one-bedroom-hall-kitchen in Mahim, Bombay, through the last decades of the twentieth century, lived four love-battered Mendeses: mother, father, son and daughter. Between Em, the mother, driven frequently to hospital after her failed suicide attempts, and The Big Hoom, the father, trying to hol
Em and the Big Hoom : a novel
β Scribed by Pinto, Jerry
- Publisher
- New York : Penguin Books
- Year
- 2014
- Tongue
- English
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
212 pages ; 20 cm
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