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ThE BOOK Of ShadOwS Namita Gokhale is the author of thirteen books, including seven works of fiction. She is the founder and co-director of the Jaipur Literature festival and the Bhutan literary festival, Mountain Echoes.

The Book of Shadows NAMITA GOKHALE

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first published in Viking by Penguin Books India 1999 Published in Penguin Books 2001 Copyright © Namita Gokhale 1999 all rights reserved 10 9 8 7 6 5 This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously and any resemblance to any actual person, living or dead, events or locales is entirely coincidental. ISBN 9780140282115 for sale in the Indian Subcontinent only Typeset in Nebraska by SURYa, New delhi

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