Ode to Lata : a novel /

Banker by day, and denizen of Los Angeles' clubs by night, the protagonist of Ghalib Shiraz Dhalla's first novel is navigating between more than just a day job and an active social life. In Ode to Lata, Ali has left behind a tempestuous childhood in postcolonial Kenya, the overprotective m...

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Main Author: Dhalla, Ghalib Shiraz (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Los Angeles : Really Great Books, [2002]
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