The Pleasure Seekers Tishani Doshi by Tishani Doshi 9781408809839, 1408809834 instant download after payment.

With rich feelings and dazzling language, Tishani Doshi evokes both Zadie Smith and Rohinton Mistry as she captures the quirks and calamities of one unusual clan in a story of identity, family, belonging, and all-transcending love.

"In this luminous comedy of four generations of Patels, poet and dancer Tishani Doshi weave together the worlds of India and Wales, her twin inheritance... [it] charms its readers and indulges its people."  -  The Independent (UK)

August 1968: Babo Patel arrives in London from Madras, with curly hair, jhill mill teeth and dreams of becoming a success. When he meets the beautiful, auburn-haired Siân Jones, he falls in love instantly.  She, like him, is in search of something bigger than what the home she left behind can offer.

But when Babo's parents learn of his intention to marry 'some girl from God knows where' he is given an ultimatum: he can only marry Siân if they agree to live in Madras for two years before returning to London. As the years pass by, the calamities, quirks and heartaches of first love, lost innocence, and old age unfolds across cultures and generations of this mixed-up family in a topsy-turvy world.

"This is a captivating, delightful novel. I was totally engaged by Tishani Doshi's people and by their world, and the language often rises - when speaking of the great matters, life, death, and above all love - to powerful metaphorical heights."  -  Salman Rushdie