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Eclipse Of The Sun

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Rajesh Deshpande, science teacher in the small Indian town of Nandrapur, is thrown into a frenzy by the arrival of a beautiful young English teacher at his school. Modern, articulate, educated in Britain, she is the woman of his dreams. If only he can find a way to make her feel the same...India is just weeks away from a solar eclipse, and Rajesh feels this is the perfect event to help him capture the heart of the beguiling young English teacher. But it is not long before his wife realizes his adulterous intentions and is forced into a desperate attempt to save her marriage.

But it is an encounter with a mysterious female teacher in a bookshop that sets in train a series of events which will change the marriage forever.

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Product Details
0753809486 / 9780753809488
Paperback / softback
823.914
04/11/1999
United Kingdom
English
Contemporary classics
263p.
20 cm
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Reprint. Originally published: 1997.
Phil Whitaker is the winner of the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize and the Betty Trask Award Eclipse of the Sun was shortlisted for the Whitbread First Novel Prize 'An accomplished first novel, Eclipse of the Sun is a deft and touching comedy...The book is written so easily, in a confident and inviting style that it is both convincing and beguiling' Allan Massie, The Scotsman 'Whitaker is a thoughtful and imaginative writer' The Times 'Touching and sad yet funny and entertaining' Margaret Forster
Phil Whitaker is the winner of the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize and the Betty Trask Award Eclipse of the Sun was shortlisted for the Whitbread First Novel Prize 'An accomplished first novel, Eclipse of the Sun is a deft and touching comedy...The book is written so easily, in a confident and inviting style that it is both convincing and beguiling' Allan Massie, The Scotsman 'Whitaker is a thoughtful and imaginative writer' The Times 'Touching and sad yet funny and entertaining' Margaret Forster FA Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)