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Last man in tower : a novel
INITIAL_TITLE_SRCH:
Last man in tower : a novel
AUTHOR:
Adiga, Aravind
ISBN:
9780307950147
EDITION:
1st Vintage international open-market ed.
PUBLICATION_INFO:
New York : Vintage books, 2012
PHYSICAL_DESC:
xiii, 555 p. ; 18 cm
ABSTRACT:
A riveting story of money and power, luxury and deprivation, set in the booming city of Mumbai. Real estate developer Dharmen Shah rose from nothing to create an empire and hopes to seal his legacy with a building named the Shanghai, which promises to be one of the city's most elite addresses. He offers a generous buyout to the residents of Vishram Society's Tower A, a once respectable, now crumbling apartment building. But one resident-- Masterji-- refuses to abandon the building he has long called home
SUBJECT:
Apartment dwellers -- India -- Fiction
Apartment houses -- India -- Fiction
Real estate developers -- India -- Fiction
Social conflict -- India -- Fiction
BIBSUMMARY:
A riveting story of money and power, luxury and deprivation, set in the booming city of Mumbai. Real estate developer Dharmen Shah rose from nothing to create an empire and hopes to seal his legacy with a building named the Shanghai, which promises to be one of the city's most elite addresses. He offers a generous buyout to the residents of Vishram Society's Tower A, a once respectable, now crumbling apartment building. But one resident-- Masterji-- refuses to abandon the building he has long called home