Picked up this book my first of Kushwant Singh and found it unputdownable.The author draws parallels between the love of his life, a prostiture called Bhagmati and the city of Delhi.He takes the reader through an incredible fairy tale journey spanning over centuries and attempts to describe Delhi through the eyes of kings and laborers of the era bygone.The countless libidinous anecdotes of kings and their begums and his own encounters with foreign women travelling to Delhi is cheeky but humorous.All in all a book written by a brilliant man and a lover of Delhi.
I have never really stayed in Delhi but this book has given me a feel of the city and a new found respect for it.
