This is a long shot.... the novel is about 500 pages long, published
so far in hardback (around 3 months ago, I saw it in a UK bookshop,
mainly dark blue cover), fiction, novel, written in creative,
beautiful language, i.e. slightly quirky. I think the title is quite
long, over 5 words. I think the author is an Indian female.

What is it called?

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Request for Question Clarification by czh-ga on 25 Jan 2005 18:31 PST

Can you tell us anything about the plot, characters, why you noticed
the book? Anything more specific? Thanks.

~ czh ~

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Clarification of Question by macaonghus-ga on 26 Jan 2005 09:46 PST

No other details I'm afraid....

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Clarification of Question by macaonghus-ga on 28 Jan 2005 01:29 PST

I found it.... it is The Last Song of Dusk, by Siddharth Dhanvant
Shanghvi. Thank you for the suggestions.

Long shot in reply - It's not a long title but a long author name:
Queen of Dreams by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, published by Doubleday
in Sept. 04.  Plot could be considered quirky from Amazon's review.  I
read her Sister of my Heart and it was beautifully written.    I'll
keep looking - I like Indian authors.    Do you have any recollection
of the plot at all?
Libby-ga - an amazon researcher wannabe.

I thought of another - The God of Small Things.  It is not so recent,
cover is green and author is Arundhati Roy.   It received much acclaim
a few years ago.  Plot is different and there are five words in the
title.  Are we getting closer?
Libby