The Fine Print and Other Yarns

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“Parisian adventures: Stories that skirt around the bothersome issues of crossing cultures.” (Literary Review, The Hindu)

“A smorgasbord of unforgettable characters.” (India Today)

“A kaleidoscope, each turn of which presents an eminently interesting and unforgettable character.” (The Sunday Tribune; Spectrum)

“The stories provide a keen insight into the mind of an average Indian abroad, his resilience and adaptability.” (Asian Age)

The Fine Print and other Yarns is a collection of nine stories some of which may well be classified as novella as they run into thirty to fifty pages. The first four stories are set in Paris of 1980s and the next three in Paris of 1990s. The last two are set in India around the turn of the last century. Each of the stories portrays a memorable character:

Buddy, who has a strange fascination for Impressionist painters, gets a rare opportunity to visit Paris, though only for...

About the Author

Dinesh Verma was born in Delhi and completed his Masters in English Literature from University of Delhi and thereafter worked with the Indian Revenue Service. He is also an alumnus of Institut International d’Administrations Publique and the Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, Paris, and has also attended courses at Syracuse University, New York and at Harvard Business School. Presently he works as a Consultant at New Delhi.

The Fine Print and other Yarns is his first collection of stories about life of expatriate Indians in Paris. He has translated a number of famous stories of Munshi Premchand which have been published as a collection, The Divine Arbiter and Other Stories. He has also written a novel The Parisian Interlude which is presently at the stage of copy editing. He is presently working on a short novel about the first visit of a child, growing up in an...

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