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Dancing With The Two-Headed Tigress

Tina Biswas

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English
Black Swan
01 August 2007
Witty and glamorous first novel about an Indian country cousin's visit to her relatives in London, from a young British-Asian author with a sharp comic eye.

Set in England, India and Ireland, a comic tale of fish out of water.

When her boorish father dies, fat, unsophisticated Mousumi is sent from India to her cosmopolitan relations in London. For the glamour of the western world, she leaves behind both her forlorn mother and an amorous shopkeeper.

On arrival, she is met by the Majumdar family- Prakash - a doctor with too much heart, great cook and man-about-the-house; Tuhina - a successful investment banker and indulgent mother; and Darshini - a nonchalant eighteen-year-old, audacious coin-flipper and possessor of ethereal beauty. Such an offbeat household terrifies Mousumi - how will she fit in? Can she meet their high standards? And will she begin to question the life she has known?

A witty social comedy of cultural misunderstanding and people who simply don't get on.
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Imprint:   Black Swan
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 198mm,  Width: 127mm,  Spine: 24mm
Weight:   273g
ISBN:   9780552773232
ISBN 10:   0552773239
Pages:   400
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Tina Biswas was born in 1978 and read Politics, Philosophy & Economics at New College, Oxford. She lives in London.

Reviews for Dancing With The Two-Headed Tigress

This fast paced debut gives us the age-old dilemma of family struggle told in frank funny language by a new name to watch. * Nottingham Evening Post * One to watch. * Image Magazine, Ireland * A comedy of manners ... charmingly told. * Financial Times * Biswas proves a natural writer with a nice turn of phrase. * Guardian * A beautiful debut that mixes humour with biting social commentary. * Cosmopolitan Magazine *


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