Genre: | Biography & Memoirs |
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Language : | English |
Published: | June 14, 2019 |
Edition: | 1st |
Paperback | |
ISBN13: | 9780143443186 |
ISBN10: | 0143443186 |
Pages: | 512 |
Dimensions: | 5.08 x 7.8 x 1.18 inches |
Weight: | 348.7 g |
Sufi is the story of two boys who grew up in Dongri, Mumbai.
One of them, Iqbal Rupani, aided and abetted by a corrupt policeman, is drawn towards criminal activities in his teens. As he becomes powerful and influential as a racketeer and smuggler, he creates a puritan code of conduct for himself: no drinking, no smoking and no murders. He comes to be known as 'Sufi' because of his principles and philosophical manner of speaking.
The other boy, Aabid Surti, grows up to become a famous author.
How did the lives of these two boys, which began on such a similar note, diverge so drastically? This book presents an astonishing real-life story, with the sweep and scale of Kane and Abel, told by one of India's most beloved storytellers.