City of Dreadful Night by Siegel, Lee

University of Chicago Press, 1995-10-31. Paperback. Good. 0.6299 8.4252 5.4331. Ex library copy.

University Of Chicago Press, 1995-10-31. Paperback. Used: Good.

University of Chicago Press. Used - Very Good. Very Good condition. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner’s name, short gifter’s inscription or light stamp. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.

University of Chicago Press. paperback. Like New. 6x0x9.

Paperback. Very Good.

University Of Chicago Press, 1995-10-31. 1. Paperback. Used:Good.

Chicago:: University of Chicago Press,, (1995.). First edition -. Near fine.. First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover. This book is "a tangle of tales that transports the reader from the Medieval India of magicians, witches, and vampires, through the British colonial period with its culture clashes and simmering unrest, into the chaos and political terror of contemporary India." The author is a "scholar and a story teller, Sanskritist and conjurist" and a professor of religion. 255 pp.

Univ of Chicago Pr, 1995. Paperback. New. 1st edition. 264 pages. 8.75x5.75x0.50 inches.

New. City of Dreadful Night is an astonishing work of fiction, a tangle of tales that transports the reader from the Medieval India of magicians, witches, and vampires, through the British colonial period with its culture clashes and simmering unrest, into the chaos and political terror of contemporary India. Flesh-eating demons, Rajiv Gandhi's assassin, even Bram Stoker and Dracula populate the serpentine narrative, which intermingles stories about the characters with the terrifying tales they tell. At the heart of the book is an itinerant teller of ghost tales called Brahm Kathuwala, an old man wearing amulets around his neck and a silk top hat with peacock plumes. As Siegel follows him all over north India, Brahm's life story is revealed through countless interlocking tales. We learn of his two mothers - one the destitute floor sweeper who bore him; the other a wealthy Irish woman who read and reread to him the story of Dracula. We hear of his marriage to the daughter of a cremation ground… Read More

University of Chicago Press, 1995-10-31. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!