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037			_cGifted _nN.K Kannan Menon Foundation
041			_aMalayalam
082			_aF _bMAN/HO
100			_aManjula Padmanabhan
245			_aHOT DEATH, COLD SOUP _b: Twelve Short Stories
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260			_aNew Delhi _bKali for Women _c1996
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500			_aAn American sati, a conscientious calligrapher and a malevolent 21st century teenager are a few of the characters you can expect to meet within these twelve stories. Set in locales as diverse as an orbiting mansion, a public bus and a rural backwater, they are nevertheless bound by a common theme of transformation. The catalysts are small: a rare lizard, a blocked artery, a gas balloon, a blood-stain. But the results include psychic renewal and a murder conviction! Written with wry humour and narrative tension, these dozen tales are beguiling, disturbing and thought-provoking.
650			_aShort Stories
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