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The Blue Taxi: A Novel

by N.S. Koenings · 2006

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Against the backdrop of an East African city, an impossible romance between an Indian widower and a married Belgian woman unfolds under the most unlikely circumstances.

Genre
literary fictionliterary fictionMore like thisLess of this
Themes
widowerswidowersMore like thisLess of this
Setting
2000s2000sMore like thisLess of thisAfricaAfricaMore like thisLess of thisEast AfricaEast AfricaMore like thisLess of this
Mood
romanticromanticMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
long · 400 pages

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