Beach Boy

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Beach Boy
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Author Ardashir Vakil
Publisher Penguin Books
Publication date
January 1, 1997
ISBN 978-0-140-26489-0

Beach Boy (1997) is the debut novel of Indian novelist Ardashir Vakil. [1] [2] [3] It is a coming-of-age story (bildungsroman) set in 1970s Bombay. The novel won the Betty Trask Award and was nominated for the Whitbread Prize. [4] It was first published by Penguin Books. [5]

References

  1. "Beach Boy". Kirkus Reviews . 1 July 1998. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  2. "Beach Boy". Booklist . July 1998. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  3. Hickling, Alfred (8 February 2003). "Anyone for tennis?". The Guardian . ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  4. "Beach Boy by Ardashir Vakil". Publishers Weekly . 3 August 1998. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  5. "Ardashir Vakil: Having the write stuff". Parsi Khabar. 16 March 2010. Retrieved 22 August 2024.

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