'A beautiful collection, full of affection and an extremely funny book.' –
Salman Rushdie
In this collection of nine linked stories, young Farrukh recounts his years
growing up in a Parsi neighbourhood in Poona during the fifties.
Sarbatwalla Chowk is the centre of the world of those he remembers: Eddie the
Inventor and his Big Boy; the massive Samson, who lives on the street and
refuses to get a job; the blind man and his guide, Black Dog, supposed to have
special powers; Terry Soakum, the Australian crybaby who has his eye on
Farrukh's swimming trunks; Confession D'Souza, the scholarship boy who loses
favour with the