The Smoke is Rising (37 page)
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Authors: Mahesh Rao
Mahesh Rao was born and grew up in Nairobi, Kenya. His work has been shortlisted for the 2013 Bridport Prize, the 2012 Commonwealth Short Story Prize and the 2010 Zoetrope: All-Story Short Fiction Contest. He lives in Mysore, India. This is his first novel.
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This electronic edition first published in Great Britain in 2014 by
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