Raj Kamal Jha — The Blue Bedspread

London, Picador, 1999. First edition. Cloth. A fine, signed copy of Raj Kamal Jha's award winning novel, 'The Blue Bedspread&apos. Regarded as a coming of age of the Indian novel, this tale is left to readers to formulate their own theories and connections. Signed by the author, to the title page 'Best wishes, Raj Kamal Jha Hay '99&apos. 'The Blue Bedspread' won the Commonwealth Writers prize for Best First Book in 2000 and was a finalist for the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize and the Guardian First book Award. The flyleaf states 'In prose that is breathtaking and precise, Raj Kamal Jha discovers love and hope behind the hidden violence and twisted eroticism of an old city. The Blue Bedspread is a profoundly moving story of people who, through their imagination, find the escape they so desperately seek&apos. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with the unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, in an excellent condition. Dustwrapper is excellent with minor shelfwear. Author's inscription to the title page. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright, with slight fading to the extremities. Very clean pages. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Fine.