Trio 2: A Novel About the Schumanns and Brahms
Boman Desai grew up in Bombay, but has lived his adult life mostly in Chicago. After studying Architecture and Philosophy, and getting degrees in Psychology and English, he was set to become a market analyst when a chance encounter with Sir Edmund Hillary, his earliest hero, who had an office two floors above his own, brought him back to his vocation: writing novels. He took a number of part-time jobs ranging from bartending to teaching to find time to write. He has published short stories and articles in the US, UK, and India. He won an Illinois Arts Council Award and the Stand Magazine Prize for fiction (an international competition). He has also published four other novels: The Memory of Elephants; Asylum, USA; A Woman Madly in Love; and Servant, Master, Mistress. His website, bomandesai.com, will tell you more about the novels. He may be reached at boman@megsinet.net and is available for readings and attendances at Book Clubs.