The Golden Gate: A Novel in VerseThis novel, written in sonnet form is publishing phenomenon of 1986 review in the New York Times and India Today. This is the story of a group of young people within the reach of the Golden Gate Bridge in the 1980s. The protagonist John, a successful computer executive in Silicon Valley, is lonely; his loyal ex-girlfriend Janet is a sculptor and drummer in the band Liquid Sheep; Liz is an attorney from a family of wine growers whom John meets as a result of an ad placed on his behalf by Janet; Liz's brother Ed is a homosexual grappling with Catholicism. Other characters include: Phil, a former nuclear engineer; Liz's cat Charlemagne; and an iguana named Schwartzenegger. Though it portrays contemporary life in California, the novel is about the universal pursuit of love. The author, a New Delhi raised doctoral candidate in economics at Stanford, has won the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship for 1986. ISBN 0-394-54974-0 : $17.95. |
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The worlds discussed while friends are eating | 3 |
A cache of billetsdoux arrive | 24 |
A concert generates a meeting | 53 |
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