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Baumgartner's Bombay

Hugo Baumgartner is a lifelong wandering Jew. From his agonising childhood in pre-war Berlin, through his spell in business first in Calcutta and then Bombay, he simply doesn't belong. Too dark for Hitler's Germany, too fair for India, he remains a foreigner wherever he goes.
Author: Anita Desai
Agent: Peter Straus
Territories: Alfred A. Knopf: United States ex. Canada, Vintage: British Commonwealth ex. Canada, Dutch: BzzToH, Uitgeverij, Italian: Einaudi (Italy), Spanish: Alianza Editorial (Spain)
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