{"product_id":"low-hardcover","title":"Low - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJeet Thayil\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eUllis went to the bathroom and carefully unfolded the business card and placed it on the sink. Then he rolled up a note and snorted the last of his wife's ashes.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e Following the death of his wife, Dominic Ullis escapes to Bombay in search of oblivion and a dangerous new drug, Meow Meow. So begins a glorious weekend of misadventure as he tours the teeming, kaleidoscopic city from its sleek eyries of high-capital to the piss-stained streets, encountering a cast with their own stories to tell, but none of whom Ullis - his faculties ever distorted - is quite sure he can trust. Heady, heartbroken and heartfelt, \u003ci\u003eLow \u003c\/i\u003eis a blazing joyride through the darklands of grief towards obliteration - and, perhaps, epiphany. \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Jeet Thayil delights not just in pushing the bounds of possibility, but in smashing them to \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003esmithereens.'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eJohn Burnside\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJeet Thayil\u003c\/b\u003e is a poet, musician and novelist. He was born in Kerala in 1959 and educated at Jesuit schools in Bombay, Hong Kong and New York. He worked as a journalist for twenty-three years before writing his bestselling debut novel, \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNarcopolis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eDSC Prize\u003c\/b\u003e for South Asian Literature and was shortlisted for the \u003cb\u003eMan Booker Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eand the\u003cb\u003e Man Asian Literary Priz\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ee\u003c\/b\u003e. His second novel, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eBook of Chocolate Saints\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, \u003c\/b\u003e was longlisted for the \u003cb\u003eDSC Prize\u003c\/b\u003e and described as \u003cb\u003e'easily the most original and formally inventive novel to come out of India in years'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e by Salman Rushdie.\u003c\/b\u003e Thayil's five poetry collections include \u003ci\u003eThese Errors Are \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eCorrect\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the 2013 Sahitya Akademi Award (India's National Academy of Letters) and he is also the editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Bloodaxe Book of Contemporary Indian Poets\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 9.3 x 6.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 25, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53203607748971,"sku":"9780571360727","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0978\/8401\/2907\/files\/f4ebebd0373f7338188fd6f92bbca4df.webp?v=1778419896","url":"https:\/\/fraulick.com\/products\/low-hardcover","provider":"frauLick.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}