From the Washington Post Literary Calendar Manil Suri is a local author in the DC area. Wonder if he lives in Columbia like a lot of my other celebrity friends - Technosailor, Jessie Newburn, Steve Fisher, Clarence Vooten. if you know the answer please leave a comment.
I read his book " The death of Vishnu" and as I lived in India for a good part of my life the book si very authenitc and engaging. I have yet to read his second book "The Age of Shiva". I may not be able to make it to this event but posting this so others can go.
26 THURSDAY
4:30 P.M. The Howard County Poetry and Literature Society (HoCoPoLitSo) is hosting, in cooperation with the Columbia Festival of the Arts, a reading by Manil Suri, author of the novels The Death of Vishnu and The Age of Shiva, at the Great Room at Savage Mill, 8600 Foundry St., Savage, Md. A high tea will be held prior to the reading, and a book signing follows. Tickets are $30; for more details and to RSVP, call 410-715-3089 or visit http://www.hocopolitso.org.
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Thanks for heads up on this event, Shashi. We have a rare event happening in our family: All the siblings and the parents will be in the same place right around then. So, I don't know if I'll be there, but I'll pass the word on to some local friends. Rock on!
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