Sex,Scotch and ScholarshipIn this anthology, which comprises some of Khushwant Singh's best writing, you can look forward to some talk of sex, a little of Scotch and much Scholarship. The collection attempts to mirror the author's concerns and passions-his love of nature, his anguish over the situation in Punjab, his interest in religions of the world and his scholarly research on the one into which he was born, Sikhism. The highlight of this book, however, is the expansive, autobiographical opening piece written in Khushwant's characteristically candid style and perhaps the most complete self-portrait he has yet painted. |
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... took sly glances at dirty picture postcards which were stuck in front of our noses by insistent pedlars. By the evening the other boys came on board and we eagerly heard of their adventures. For most of them it was their first ...
... took sly glances at dirty picture postcards which were stuck in front of our noses by insistent pedlars. By the evening the other boys came on board and we eagerly heard of their adventures. For most of them it was their first ...
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... took the discharge in her hands. The dinner gong came to my rescue. I refused to take her back to my room and walked her down to the tube station. For the next three days I avoided her by keeping away from the pension till late hours of ...
... took the discharge in her hands. The dinner gong came to my rescue. I refused to take her back to my room and walked her down to the tube station. For the next three days I avoided her by keeping away from the pension till late hours of ...
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... took me home for weekends. It exploded the myth that the English regard their homes as their castles. And that English women are frigid. Both the nurses in my boarding house and the sisters of some friends were more than willing to ...
... took me home for weekends. It exploded the myth that the English regard their homes as their castles. And that English women are frigid. Both the nurses in my boarding house and the sisters of some friends were more than willing to ...
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