For Pepper & Christ

For a century the Portuguese had been scouring the seas collecting maps and sending spies along the Red Sea to find out how the Arabs carried on their spice trade with India ... the pursuit of a legend can be pretty thankless but it catches human imagination by the forelock.' In his first novel noted poet and short story writer Keki N. Daruwalla brings alive a world of tumultuous voyaging during the time of Vas co da Gama-an era when the quest for exotic spices triggered a passionate desire for ...See More