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ItemID: 16425 - Hardcover - 288 Pages (Year: 1996)
Cosmo Publications ~ ISBN: 8170207312

Synopsis

A most fascinating tale, inviting the reader to set aside all conventionalities and travel into this bygone era of mysticism and exotic customs of a civilization now lost for ever. This breath taking narrative fascinates the reader from the first to the last page, as he tells stories of his journey into this ancient land of gold topped temples which dazzled the eyes and strange rituals that dumb the mind.

Table of Contents

1. On the knees of the gods. 2. Lhabrang Gomba. 3. The "Lord high executioner". 4. The "Devil dance". 5. The boy god. 6. "And you say he has six wives?". 7. "Hold your fire!". 8. "Gold--literally tons of it!". 9. "Come--I give ye the flesh of my body to feed ye!". 10. The mountain god's quiver. 11. "Him with the scalp-creasing pistol!". 12. "To the gods of the hereafter, gentlemen!". 13. "A good wife to me--and to my younger brothers, too". 14. "His eyes ! his eyes!". 15. Bats? 16. "Guess I'll take all four of you as husbands". 17. "I am ab zee !". 18. "Way--make way for the 'prince of merit' !". 19. The god who fell in love. 20. I see the king of hell. 21. "He is a wise man--a very wise man". 22. The vultures' banquet. Index.

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