The snake charmer
Subtitle: a novel
By: Sanjay Nigam.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: W. Morrow & Co.
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 223
Subjects: Snake charmers -- Fiction.; India -- Fiction.
Description: The Snake Charmer tells the story of Sonalal, middle-aged and unloved by his rapacious wife and disrespectful sons. He is indisputably the best snake charmer in all of India, for he has elevated his trade to a delicate art. One evening, while charming his beloved snake, Raju, Sonalal produces a music so extraordinary that he feels touched by the gods. But in a moment that will change his life forever, his rapture turns to rage, and Sonalal destroys the one creature who loves him.

Consumed by a despair so great that it threatens his very being - not to mention his masculinity - Sonalal embarks on an Odyssean journey in pursuit of redemption.