A collection of classic, yet shockingly contemporary, short stories set in the vibrant world of mid-century Bombay, from one of India s greatest writers.
Arriving in 1930s Bombay, Saadat Hasan Manto discovered a city like no other. A metropolis for all, and an exhilarating hub of license and liberty, bursting with both creative energy and helpless despondency. A journalist, screenwriter, and editor, Manto is best known as a master of the short story, and Bombay was his lifelong muse. Vividly bringing to life the city s seedy underbelly the prostitutes, pimps, and gangsters that filled its...