Running in the Family Attar of Nishapur And so begins his picaresque

And so begins his picaresque and unlikely journey involving criminals

This book established Proust as one of the greatest voices of the modern age - satirical

Parson's Pleasure

from beyond the grave

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Running in the Family Attar of Nishapur And so begins his picaresqueIn the late 1970s, Michael Ondaatje returned to his native island of Sri Lanka. Recording his journey through the druglike heat and intoxicating fragrances of that "pendant off the ear of India," Ondaatje simultaneously retraces the baroque mythology of his Dutch Ceylonese family. It is a story of broken engagements and drunken suicide attempts, of parties where exquisitely dressed couples tango in the jungle, a tale whose actors pursue lives of