The Book of Chocolate Saints

The Man Booker-shortlisted author of "Narcopolis" arrives with an epic book comparable to "2666" and "Midnight's Children". An artist who lives excessively returns in middle age to the India of his origins, considering the potential for the artist's life itself as the most enduring work.

Jeet Thayil was born in Kerala, India in 1959 and educated in Hong Kong, New York and Bombay. He is a songwriter and guitarist, and has published four collections of poetry. He is the editor of The Bloodaxe Book of Contemporary Indian Poets (2008). He currently lives in New Delhi.