Malicious Gossip

Author: Khushwant SinghTranslator(s)/ Edito: Rohini SinghPublisher: HarperCollinsYear: 2006Language: EnglishPages: 248ISBN/UPC (if available): 817223662X DescriptionThis book is a selection from Gossip: Sweet and Sour' and 'Malice', in which Khushwant Singh gives you 'the lowdown' on people he has known and places he has visited. In these pages, you will be introduced to people like Mountbatten, Faiz, Shraddha Mata, P C Lal, Phoolan Devi and many others and you will travel to places as well known as Pakistan and Korea and as remote as Papua New Guinea. Irrepressible, incorrigibly provocative, perceptive - Khushwant was never better.Those of you who have always enjoyed Khushwant's effortless prose, his spontaneous and infectious outpourings will be delighted with his book. Those who are not yet avowed fans are sure to be converted in one reading!ContentsPrefaceIntroductionTO PAKISTAN WITH LOVEPakistani Cocktail>From the Death Sentence to the GallowsPakistan: Sweet and SourPakistan: D