The Lost Flamingoes Of Bombay

Siddharth Dhanvant Shanghvi

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Karan Seth, star photographer, is in Bombay to immortalize the city in a unique photo-record of its hidden faces. In the pursuit of his ambitious dream, he finds unlikely allies: Samar Arora, the eccentric pianist who inexplicably spurned limelight at the peak of his career; Zaira, whose shy elegance belies her status as the ravishing star of Bombay’s silver screen; and Rhea Dalal, whose seductive melancholy born of unfulfilled dreams and a childless marriage draws Karan into a tender but twisted affair. Then tragedy strikes, tearing the four lives apart. As a murky murder trial ensues, Karan is exposed to a Fitzgeraldian world of sex, crime and politics. Utterly disenchanted, he abandons the camera and Bombay and heads to England in search of restitution and normalcy. Yet, like the flamingoes of Sewri, who unfailingly give in to the strange, haunting pull of the great metropolis, Karan too knows that he must return to his old loves. The Lost Flamingoes of Bombay is as much a razor-sharp depiction of contemporary urban society and its obscene obsession with celebrity and sensation as it is an affecting tale about love’s betrayals and the redemptive powers of friendship. It confirms Shanghvi’s prodigious skill and range as a storyteller.

Siddharth Dhanvant Shanghvi

Siddharth Dhanvant Shanghvi ( born 1977 is an Indian author. His debut novel The Last Song of Dusk (2004)] won the Betty Trask Award (UK),the Premio Grinzane Cavour in Italy, and was nominated for the IMPAC Prize in Ireland. Translated into 16 languages, The Last Song of Dusk was an international bestseller. Shanghvi's second novel, The Lost Flamingoes of Bombay (2009) was short-listed for the Man Asian Literary Prize 2008. His third book, The Rabbit & The Squirrel (2018) with illustrations by Stina Wirsen was described by the Hindustan Times as an 'instant classic'. His acclaimed first work of non-fiction, Loss (HarperCollins | 2020), is a collection of essays that chart an intimate landscape of death, grief and healing.