by Benyamin
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First published in Malayalam as Aadu Jeevitham by Green Books 2008
First published by Penguin Books India 2012
Copyright © Benyamin 2012
Translation copyright © Joseph Koyippally 2012
Cover illustration by Joy Gosney
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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously and any resemblance to any actual person, living or dead, events or locales is entirely coincidental.
ISBN: 978-01-4341-633-3
This digital edition published in 2012.
e-ISBN: 978-81-8475-665-4
