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ANOSH IRANI
Nationality: Indian-Canadian
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Literary Agent: Gary Goddard Agency Ltd Represented by Pam Winter
Anosh Irani was born and brought up in Bombay, India and moved to Vancouver in 1998. He is the author of the acclaimed novels The Cripple and His Talismans and The Song of Kahunsha, which was a finalist for CBC Radio's Canada Reads and the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize, was published in thirteen countries, and was a bestseller in Canada and Italy. His play Bombay Black was a Dora Award winner for Outstanding New Play. Irani was nominated for the Governor Generals Award for Drama for his anthology The Bombay Plays: The Matka King & Bombay Black.
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Bombay Black Manja's Circus Matka King My Granny The GoldfishBombay Black
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Padma lives in an apartment by the sea. Her daughter Apsara is an erotic dancer. Padma hires her daughter to the rich and famous and she dances for them. One day a blind man arrives and asks for a private dance session from Apsara
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Contained in: "the Bombay Plays" published by Playwrights Canada Press 2007 -
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Drama
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Top of PageManja's Circus
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Top of PageMatka King
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In the Red Light District of Bombay the eunuch Top Rani runs a brothel. He also runs illicit gambling. A punter is in a lot of debt has an interesting wager
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Arts Club Theatre, Vancouver 2003
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Contained in: The Bombay Plays" published by Playwrights Canada Press 2007 978-0887545602
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Top of PageMy Granny The Goldfish
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Nico a young Indian student is in Vancouver. He is taken ill and hospitalised. His Granny arrives from Bombay with a bottle of whisky
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Comedy
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