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Baumgartner's Bombay

A Jewish refugee makes a life in Bombay, where decades of residence cannot entirely quiet the estrangement and memories of exile.

Historical fiction

Family Matters

Rohinton Mistry

An elderly Parsi man’s need for care strains a Bombay family, where affection must negotiate crowded homes, limited money and old resentments.

Literary fiction

Screen adaptation

Inspector Ghote Mysteries

H.R.F. Keating

Bombay’s patient Inspector Ghote navigates crime and everyday pressures in mysteries whose investigations draw their atmosphere from the city around him.

Crime & mystery

Screen adaptation

Shantaram

Gregory David Roberts

A fugitive arrives in Bombay and finds friendships drawing him deeper into the city’s crowded neighborhoods, moral complications and dangerous possibilities.

Literary fiction