# The Assassin’s Song

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- Book: [The Assassin’s Song](https://www.bookquiver.com/mg-vassanji/the-assassins-song) ([The Assassin’s Song.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/mg-vassanji/the-assassins-song.md))
- Authors: [M.G. Vassanji](https://www.bookquiver.com/mg-vassanji)
- Publisher: india_penguin
- ISBN: 978-01-4341-908-2
- Pages: 384
- Published: 2012-09-01
- Language: en_IN
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Karsan Dargawalla has always known that he will succeed his father as guardian of a Sufi shrine and an earthly avatar of the thirteenth-century mystic, Pir Bawa—but all he desires is to be “ordinary,” and play first-class cricket. When he goes away to study in the United States, he discovers an exhilarating freedom and rejects his inheritance; his life experiences however ultimately draw him back to his spiritual heritage. He returns to India to find a communally torn Gujarat, a despoiled shrine, and a fugitive brother. With its grand historical sweep and intense personal drama, this superbly crafted novel tells a powerful story of one man’s struggle to balance life and faith.