The Selected Works of Abdullah the Cossack av H. M. Naqvi

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<p><b>Through the use of a roman-¿lef, the author is able to create compelling caricatures that take on a life of their own. - <i>Guardian</i></b><br>____________<br><br><b>Anarchic, erudite and rollicking, with a septuagenarian protagonist like no other, <i>The Selected Works of Abdullah the Cossack</i> is a joyride of a story set against a kaleidoscopic portrait of one of the world''s most vibrant cities.</b><br><br>Abdullah, bachelor and scion of a once prominent family, awakes on the morning of his seventieth birthday and considers launching himself over the balcony. Having spent years attempting to compile a ''mythopoetic legacy'' of his beloved Karachi, the cosmopolitan heart of Pakistan, Abdullah has lost his zeal. <br><br>A surprise invitation for a night out from his old friend Felix Pinto snaps Abdullah out of his funk, and saddles him with a ward - Pinto''s adolescent grandson Bosco. As Abdullah plays mentor to Bosco, he also attracts the romantic attentions of Jugnu, an eni