{"product_id":"synapse-ratan-oak-stories-9789388874816","title":"Synapse: Ratan Oak Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'The pull of a Kalpish Ratna novel is undeniable, even hypnotic.'--\u003cem\u003eThe Telegraph\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat is the chill interface between violence and pseudo-science?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat is the secret ingredient of the elixir of youth being doled out by a hakim at Leopold Café?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWho was the Bombay Ripper, the notorious serial killer from the late-1800s?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow does a fifteen-year-old widow's sati attempt result in the birth of an icon of the Hindu Rashtra?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow much of love is real and how much hallucination when the object of one's affection is a spectre?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this thrilling mix of medical history and speculative fiction, the intrepid microbiologist Ratan Oak jumps between the nineteenth and twenty-first centuries, outwitting vedic scientists, brahminical eugenicists, lusty serial-killers and ghostly seductresses.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Speaking Tiger Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/10\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789388874816\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 218\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.48lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.46d","brand":"Kalpish Ratna","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52983071310005,"sku":"9789388874816","price":29.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/9789388874816.jpg?v=1787063978","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/synapse-ratan-oak-stories-9789388874816","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}