Narcopolis

Narcopolis by Jeet Thayil.

Narcopolis is a novel that talks about drugs and lust written by Jeet Thayil. 

The book has been shortlisted for the 

Man Booker Prize. Narcopolis is a

 rich and hallucinatory novel.

 The story in this book is taking place in the Bombay of 1970s and the story revolves mainly around drugs. Opium is the main drug that gets talked about in this book. So the characters in this book either run a drug den or they visit this joint to get high on drugs, mostly opium. The main vision of the story is an opium room where we come to know a lot of different characters. We come to know about Rashid and his opium room on Shuklaji Street, where the air is thick with voices and ghosts. We also read about the young woman, who holds a long-stemmed pipe over a flame, her hair falling across her eyes. We read about many other different people who visit this joint.

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• Hardcover: 304 pages
• Publisher: Faber 
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 9780571283071
• ISBN-13: 978-0571283071
• ASIN: 0571283071
• Product Dimensions: 29 cm x 20 cm x 3 cm