Strangers In The Night

The perils and pleasures that attends growing up. In A Handful of Nuts the first of the novellas in this book the listener is treated to vintage Bond - a gloriously funny and unexpectedly tender story of being young and adventurous in small town India. The central character would like to establish himself as a writer but he is constantly diverted from his task by assorted escapades romances friends and other distractions. Containing some of Bond’s finest writing it is a classic coming-of-age story told in a fresh and compelling way. The Sensualist the second novella is altogether more somber but deals with a similar theme - the trials and tribulations of a young man are coming of age. Gripping erotic even brutal it explores the demons that its protagonist must grapple with before he is able to come to terms with himself.