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|author=Roopa Farooki
|title=The Flying Man
|rating=Unreviewed4
|genre=Literary Fiction
|summary= We don't yet have 'The Flying Man'' opens with the now elderly Maqil Karam writing a review letter in his budget hotel in the South of this book but we hope France and facing death. His story takes in many locations, from his native Punjab, to New York, Cairo, London, Paris and Hong Kong. In each location, Maqil adopts a different name, including Mike Cram, Mehmet Kahn, Miguel Caram and Mikhail Lee. Often he acquires a different wife as well, Carine, Samira and Bernadette, although he doesn't go to have one soonthe bother of divorcing them, he just simply walks away. He is a chancer and a gambler, avoiding attachment, responsibility and commitment throughout his life.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0755383389</amazonuk>
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