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White Man Falling

Author(s): Mike Stocks (Author)

Publisher: Alma Books Ltd
Publication Date: 22 Aug. 2006
Edition: First Edition
Language: English
Print length: 296 pages
ISBN-10: 1846880254
ISBN-13: 9781846880254

Book Description

“White Man Falling” is a tale of domestic catastrophe, accidental crime-busting, deluded match-making and mystical absurdity set in a small town in South India. Police sub-inspector, Swami has lost his job after suffering a stroke while beating up a Very Guilty Suspect. He can no longer talk properly, command the respect of his community, or give his six daughters the bankrupting dowries they deserve – and his wife is obsessed with securing the Most Expensive Husbands in India. No wonder Swami has lost his pride and wants to kill himself using only a puncture repair kit. Surely, a man in these circumstances has good reason to feel cursed when a white man falls out of the sky and lands on him in a busy street, dying in front of his eyes and making him a laughing stock. But as further strange incidents occur, Swami’s hometown starts to believe he is walking with God, and life becomes easier…Mike Stocks’ comic tour de force brilliantly exemplifies how sometimes in life meaningless events can produce meaningful effects.

Editorial Reviews

Review

“White Man Falling is that rare and wondrous thing – a perfectly realised serious comic novel. That it is also a first novel makes it all the more extraordinary.”
— Sarah Dunant (Chair of the Judging Panel – Goss First Novel Award)

‘ a tragi-comedy of Indian manners hard to put down and a joy to pick up’ — The Spectator

‘a reminder that a single location and perspective, and linear
chronology, can be deeply satisfying’ — The Times

The writing is witty and engaging… this is an entertaining read,
with all the ingredients of a comedy of errors — New Statesman

From the Publisher

Winner of the Goss First Novel Award

About the Author

Mike Stocks was born in Lancashire and educated at Birmingham University, and currently lives in Edinburgh. He writes novels, children’s books, poetry and translations, and has worked both as a lexicographer and as an editor for several British publishers. He is the founder and editor of Anon, the anonymous submissions poetry magazine. His debut literary novel, White Man Falling, will be published by Alma Books in September 2006, and his translations of Roman poet Belli by Oneworld Classics in Spring 2007.

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