Great Eastern Hotel : A WW2 Epic of Jazz, Spies & Revolution in Colonial Calcutta | New Historical Fiction 2025
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| Item Weight | 1200 Grams |
| ISBN | 9-789365695656 |
| Author | Ruchir Joshi |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Harpercollins |
| Pages | 920 |
| Dimensions | NA |
| Publishing year | NA |
| Edition | 1st |
Great Eastern Hotel : A WW2 Epic of Jazz, Spies & Revolution in Colonial Calcutta | New Historical Fiction 2025
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Great Eastern Hotel : A WW2 Epic of Jazz, Spies & Revolution in Colonial Calcutta | New Historical Fiction 2025By Ruchir Joshi₹ 1,499.00 inclusive of all taxesBuy NowOr from your local bookseller.Get notified when the book releases!Notify MeEmail MeXName *Email *Read and agree to the Privacy Policy & Terms of UseSubscribe to our newslettersubmitWe will notify you when the book is released!We will email you when the book is released!Please allow notification and avoid private mode for this feature to work.About the bookFacebookXEmailLinkedInMessengerShare‘Riotously audacious and entertaining – a cinematic, jazzlike humdinger of a novel.’ – KAMILA SHAMSIE– A sweeping historical saga set in WW2 Calcutta
– Perfect for fans of Amitav Ghosh, Salman Rushdie and Amor Towles
– Blends espionage, romance, and revolution
– From award-winning writer and filmmaker Ruchir JoshiThe world is at war. And at the Great Eastern, Calcutta’s most luxurious hotel, amidst the feasting, dancing and laughter, we witness the metropolis in the last moments before multiple disasters strike. The story begins in August 1941, on the day Rabindranath Tagore dies. The city has come to a standstill as thousands of people line the streets to pay their respects. Among them are: Nirupama, a student of history and a volunteer with the Communist Party of India; Imogen, a young Englishwoman whose father is an official with the Raj; Kedar, the scion of a wealthy family, who dreams of painting like Cezanne; and Gopal, a young but experienced pickpocket, who finds himself promoted into a dark, dangerous world. Their lives intertwine with those at the hotel: an American soldier who plays jazz at the nightclub; a genius French chef; an heiress fleeing from the nightmare in Europe; and a group of military officers running a secret intelligence operation. Singularly ambitious and attentive, Ruchir Joshi’s Great Eastern Hotel maps this simmering pause at a crucial juncture in history, and offers new contexts to the upheavals of our present, raising vital questions about political commitment, nationalism, love and art.“Pages: 920Available in: PaperbackLanguage: EnglishTAGSComing SoonFiction
– Perfect for fans of Amitav Ghosh, Salman Rushdie and Amor Towles
– Blends espionage, romance, and revolution
– From award-winning writer and filmmaker Ruchir JoshiThe world is at war. And at the Great Eastern, Calcutta’s most luxurious hotel, amidst the feasting, dancing and laughter, we witness the metropolis in the last moments before multiple disasters strike. The story begins in August 1941, on the day Rabindranath Tagore dies. The city has come to a standstill as thousands of people line the streets to pay their respects. Among them are: Nirupama, a student of history and a volunteer with the Communist Party of India; Imogen, a young Englishwoman whose father is an official with the Raj; Kedar, the scion of a wealthy family, who dreams of painting like Cezanne; and Gopal, a young but experienced pickpocket, who finds himself promoted into a dark, dangerous world. Their lives intertwine with those at the hotel: an American soldier who plays jazz at the nightclub; a genius French chef; an heiress fleeing from the nightmare in Europe; and a group of military officers running a secret intelligence operation. Singularly ambitious and attentive, Ruchir Joshi’s Great Eastern Hotel maps this simmering pause at a crucial juncture in history, and offers new contexts to the upheavals of our present, raising vital questions about political commitment, nationalism, love and art.“Pages: 920Available in: PaperbackLanguage: EnglishTAGSComing SoonFiction
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