Rustom and the Last Storyteller of Almora

by Gaurav Parab

Overview

Rustom Iraqiwalla, a once-rich, green-eyed Parsi man, is all set to blow his brains out at his best friend’s wedding.

Debt-ridden and marked by the mafia, this is the only way he can secure his family’s future and atone for all the rotten choices he has made in his life. This extraordinary situation comes by way of his grandfather Fali’s last Will that states Rustom shall inherit the family fortune if he kills himself in a public place with the former’s eponymous gun.

Before he has a chance to shoot himself his best friend Mani convinces him to meet an unlikely saviour in the Himalayan town of Almora – a drugged-out godman belting out strange visions through cryptic stories of love, power and loyalty. Will the last storyteller give Rustom a reason to live, or will his tales push Rustom further into an abyss of unimaginable loss?

By turns, dark and humorous, quirky and dead serious, Rustom and the Last Storyteller of Almora is a scintillating debut about a man ready to embrace death to redeem his life.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789350099179
Publisher:	Hachette India
Publication date:	04/10/2015
Sold by:	Hachette Digital, Inc.
Format:	eBook
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Gaurav Parab is a marketer with a leading technology company. He has played many successful roles in life, including the favourite child of the multi-talented Nilima and Ullhas Parab, sticky salesman of chewing gum and adhesives, evil brains behind a betting syndicate at his B-School, reluctant dog walker, good-looking quizzing enthusiast, poet with the most thoughtful look on his face, that kid who attended a dozen schools and got kicked out from a few on circumstantial evidence, and motivational speaker. In addition to contributing to newspapers and websites, he blogs at the cleverly titled Gaurav Parab Says. He lives in Pune with his beautiful wife Juhi, and their sloppy dog-child Joko. Joko is convinced that he is a horse, and Gaurav spends a good part of the day helping Joko deal with his multiple personality disorder. You can connect with Gaurav at facebook/pages/Gaurav-Parab, on email at [e-mail], and through his blog Gaurav Parab Says. '