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Narcopolis is the debut novel of Indian author Jeet Thayil, which was shortlisted for the 2012 Man Booker Prize. It is set in 1970s Old Bombay and concerns opium and its influence. The novel's narrator arrives in Bombay, where he becomes seduced into the opium underground. The story expands to encompass such characters as Dimple, a hijra, Rashid, the opium house's owner, and Mr Lee, a former Chinese officer, all of whom have stories to tell.

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  • ناركوبوليس هي الرواية الأولى للكاتب الهندي جيت ثايل. تم تعيينه في السبعينيات من القرن الماضي في بومباي القديمة ويتعلق بالأفيون وتأثيره. يصل راوي الرواية إلى بومباي، حيث يغريه الأفيون تحت الأرض. تتسع القصة لتشمل شخصيات مثل ديمبل، هجرة ، راشد، مالك بيت الأفيون، والسيد لي، الضابط الصيني السابق، وجميعهم لديهم قصص يروونها. (ar)
  • Narcopolis is the debut novel of Indian author Jeet Thayil, which was shortlisted for the 2012 Man Booker Prize. It is set in 1970s Old Bombay and concerns opium and its influence. The novel's narrator arrives in Bombay, where he becomes seduced into the opium underground. The story expands to encompass such characters as Dimple, a hijra, Rashid, the opium house's owner, and Mr Lee, a former Chinese officer, all of whom have stories to tell. (en)
  • Narcopolis è un romanzo di del 2012. Il romanzo ha partecipato alla selezione finale del Booker Prize. Si tratta di un romanzo sull'oppio e i suoi effetti ambientato nella Bombay del 1970. Il romanzo è stato paragonato a La scimmia sulla schiena di William Burroughs e Le confessioni di un mangiatore d'oppio di Thomas de Quincey. (it)
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  • 0143123033
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  • 304 (xsd:positiveInteger)
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  • 2012-09-26 (xsd:date)
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  • Cover of Narcopolis by Jeet Thayil (en)
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  • Narcopolis (en)
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  • Penguin Books
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  • ناركوبوليس هي الرواية الأولى للكاتب الهندي جيت ثايل. تم تعيينه في السبعينيات من القرن الماضي في بومباي القديمة ويتعلق بالأفيون وتأثيره. يصل راوي الرواية إلى بومباي، حيث يغريه الأفيون تحت الأرض. تتسع القصة لتشمل شخصيات مثل ديمبل، هجرة ، راشد، مالك بيت الأفيون، والسيد لي، الضابط الصيني السابق، وجميعهم لديهم قصص يروونها. (ar)
  • Narcopolis is the debut novel of Indian author Jeet Thayil, which was shortlisted for the 2012 Man Booker Prize. It is set in 1970s Old Bombay and concerns opium and its influence. The novel's narrator arrives in Bombay, where he becomes seduced into the opium underground. The story expands to encompass such characters as Dimple, a hijra, Rashid, the opium house's owner, and Mr Lee, a former Chinese officer, all of whom have stories to tell. (en)
  • Narcopolis è un romanzo di del 2012. Il romanzo ha partecipato alla selezione finale del Booker Prize. Si tratta di un romanzo sull'oppio e i suoi effetti ambientato nella Bombay del 1970. Il romanzo è stato paragonato a La scimmia sulla schiena di William Burroughs e Le confessioni di un mangiatore d'oppio di Thomas de Quincey. (it)
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  • ناركوبوليس (ar)
  • Narcopolis (it)
  • Narcopolis (novel) (en)
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