Low

Ullis went to the bathroom and carefully unfolded the business card and placed it on the sink. Then he rolled up a note and snorted the last of his wifes ashes.Following the death of his wife Dominic Ullis escapes to Bombay in search of oblivion and a dangerous new drug Meow Meow. So begins a glorious weekend of misadventure as he tours the teeming kaleidoscopic city from its sleek eyries of high-capital to the piss-stained streets encountering a cast with their own stories to tell but none of whom Ullis - his faculties ever distorted - is quite sure he can trust.Heady heartbroken and heartfelt Low is a blazing joyride through the darklands of grief towards obliteration - and perhaps epiphany.Jeet Thayil delights not just in pushing the bounds of possibility but in smashing them to smithereens. John Burnside Review [Low] carries the reader along with pace and exuberance. The themes might hail from the depths but reading it elicits a peculiar high. ―ObserverAs exhilarating as it is unputdownable. ―AnOtherAn immersive tale of grief and oblivion. ―IndependentLow offers vicarious kicks without the comedown. ―GuardianA lively evocation of Indias most overblown metropolis. ―Mail on Sunday Book Description From the Booker-shortlisted author: one mans whirlwind weekend of self-destructive grief. About the Author 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.