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I first became aware of this famous author in 1972 when we published
in Secker & Warburg the first of his celebrated autobiographical
reminiscences called Daddyji. This was expanded
into the Continents of Exile series, which he has been writing
and publishing for the past 30 years, as well as many other books.
Ved Mehta became blind in India just before his fourth birthday,
but he also had a fantasy for almost 30 years that he could see.
At 20 he published his first book, and as a young man wrote for
The New Yorker magazine. This new title relates in vivid details
his relationships with four women, and his constant search for
understanding in his own life. The thing that distinguishes him
as a writer is the beauty of his prose style and clarity with
which he writes. He always holds the reader spellbound, and I
inevitably finish one of his books wishing I could meet him. This,
his latest, is (needless to say) a real joy.
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