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Book Of Shadows Paperback – 18 January 2017 by Namita Gokhale (Author)
  • Book Of Shadows Paperback – 18 January 2017 by Namita Gokhale (Author)
  • Book Of Shadows Paperback – 18 January 2017 by Namita Gokhale (Author)
Book Of Shadows Paperback – 18 January 2017 by Namita Gokhale (Author)

Book Of Shadows Paperback – 18 January 2017 by Namita Gokhale (Author)
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Scarred by her lover’s suicide and an acid attack, which has left her permanently disfigured, Rachita Tiwari seeks refuge in a remote and rambling house in the Himalayan foothills, built by a foolhardy missionary over a hundred years ago. Alone, except for the company of an ancient and mysterious manservant, she is careful not to look into mirrors and is fearful of a world she no longer trusts, painting and repainting her nails a bright red. Soon, a different dimension claims her, as she is living with the legacy of a host of fascinating spirits. There is the vain fool Captain Wolcott and his tragically sensuous mistress, Dona Rosa, ‘of the wandering heart’; the doomed lovers, Marcus and Munro, disciples of Aleister Crowley, infamous dabbler in black magic and Father Benedictus, the ‘seeker of knowledge’. Above them all, the resident ghost of the house speaks after a century of silence to this wounded woman—words which return her to herself.
Part Gothic, part erotic romance, The Book of Shadows is a powerful study in alienation by one of our master storytellers, moving expertly between the past, the present and what lies beyond.